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:

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Desc of Fog signal building:

Pressure and recording gauge:

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Fog Signal General

1 - 10 & 1 - 12" steam whistle

about 45 minutes with cold boiler

Boilers made in San Francisco, 1 by Fulton Steam Works, 1 by Joshua Heady Machine

1883

5 sec blast with 25 sec interval

All parts, except engines, both are horizontals. N engine working a ratchet, S engine working a worm gear wheel to operate whistle

regulation time marker

whistle, 65 to 68 lbs

abt 80'

About 130' NW of light & abt 200' from NW extremity of point, Aid to navigation, seacoast of CA.

Abt. 130' NW of light

Natural spring, pumped from well by windmill into tank on wooden tower.

temporary plank walk

wooden frame structure, with concrete foundation, cement floor, room for tools on N side, office & sitting room on S side.

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