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

Pedras Blancas Light Station - 1907

Fog Signal General

1 20 HP Hornsby Akroyd oil engine 10" whistle; 1 25 HP Meitz & Weiss oil engine 10" whistle

20 min

De La Vergne Mfg Co., NY & August Meitz, NY

2 sec blast every 20 sec.

engines & compressors

Crosby

whistle - 10" 40 lbs pressure

entrance to San Simeon Bay

170' W of tower

water from fog signal roof

by trail

Red brick truss roof (5 trusses)

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