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

Five Finger Light Station - 1913

Fog Signal General

3rd order, Daboll trumpet

15 min

4 min.

5 sec blast, 25 sec silent

engines, compressors & horns

Tripping gear, connected to engine shaft by chain & gears

8 to 11 lbs

44'

77 degrees

in same building

same building

rain water from roof

same building

2 story & attic frame building set on concrete foundation, with tower rising at 1 end, fog signal machinery 1st floor, Keeper's dwelling 2nd floor.

Pressure gauge, no recording gauge.

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