Fog Signal General

Fog Signal Kind:

Time to start:

How long will pressure last:

Manufacturer:

Year of Manufacture:

Characteristic:

Duplication:

Timing device:

If whistle, siren or trumpet, Pressure at which blown:

Height above water:

Compass direction:

Location:

Distance and direction:

Water supply:

Reached from Lighthouse:

Desc of Fog signal building:

Pressure and recording gauge:

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Destruction Island Light Station - 1910

Fog Signal General

Browns 1st class steam driven siren

35 - 50 min.

A & F Brown NY

about 1889

5 sec blast, 55 sec silent

all parts

governed by speed of engines

65 lbs.

80'

130' N of tower facing W marking Destruction Island & for general navigating.

130' N 25 degrees W

2 cisterns cap. 12,000 gal each

By footpath boardwalk.

wooden buildings on brick piers comprising engine room, boiler room & coal shed in poor condition - decayed.

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