Fog Signal General

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Lighthouse Inspection Reports Database

Guard Island Light Station - 1932

Fog Signal General

Type "C" diaphone

10 minutes

5 sec. blast, 25 sec. silent, 5 sec. blast, 25 sec. silent.

Engine & compressor.

17th District Blast Device.

30 lbs.

68 feet.

Vertical, mushroom top resonator.

All in 1 building.

Rain water from roof drained to concrete cisterns about 4 ft. SW of fig signal building, 3253 gals. No filter.

In same building.

Reinforced concrete building 20' x 36' x 16' high with 8' 6" x 8' 6" tower 7' 9" high from roof to lantern floor. Double doors east side, single door north side.

Has American Steam Gauge & Valve Co., Boston, Mass.

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