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:

 

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Location:

 

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Water supply:

 

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Desc of Fog signal building:

 

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Lighthouse Inspection Reports Database

Old Point Comfort Light Station - Oct., 1909

Fog Signal General

Custer bell machine.

 

1/2 minute.

 

 

 

Custer Co., Boston, Mass.

 

Unknown.

 

A single blow every 10 seconds.

 

None.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

80 feet SE true.

 

 

 

By boardwalk.

 

12' x 12' pyramidal iron tower, resting on 4 concrete piers.

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