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:

Lighthouse Inspection Reports Database

Destruction Island Light Station - 1913

Fog Signal General

6" compressed air, automatic siren, vertical horns.

4 min.

2 sec blast, 13 sec silent.

entire plant

17th District

37 lbs

about 106' to mouth of horns

Coast signal

130' N of tower

Rain water stored in cistern

Plank walk

Concrete foundation and walls; joist ceiling covered with metallic lath, cemented;
shingle roof.

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