Fog Signal General

Fog Signal Kind:

Time to start:

How long will pressure last:

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Timing device:

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

Height above water:

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Five Finger Light Station - 1932

Fog Signal General

3rd order, Daboll trumpet

15 min

4 min.

5 sec blast, 25 sec silent

all

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 work room, radio room, battery room, hall store room & bathroom on 1st floor. Keeper's living quarters on 2nd floor. Building lighted by electricity.

Pressure gauge, no recording gauge.

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