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Fog Signal Equipment

Report Sections:

Premises | Lantern and Fixtures | Ventilators and Watchroom | Illuminating Apparatus | Closets and Storerooms

 

Fog Signal General | Fog Signal Equipment | Dwelling | Asst. Keepers Dwellings | Water | Healthfulness

 

Lighthouse Access | Station Boat Info | Tools and Accessories | Light Vessel Specific | Inspection Reports

 

Supplemental Reports

Steam Boiler:

 

Kind:

 

Tube:

 

Dimensions:

 

Length:

 

Diameter:

 

Tube desc:

 

Steam tube diameter:

 

Steam Furnace Kind:

 

Furnace length:

 

Furnace width:

 

Furnace height:

 

Steam heat surface:

 

Steam grate surface:

 

Number of grate bars:

 

Kind of grate bars:

 

Steam fuel:

 

Steam safety valve:

 

Steam max pressure:

 

Steam working pressure:

 

Steam diam of smokestack:

 

Smokestack height:

 

Drum dimension:

 

Steam Drum diameter:

 

Steam covering:

 

Steam boiler condition:

 

Steam boiler built:

 

Where built:

 

Manufacturer:

 

Steam heater:

 

Kind:

 

Size:

 

Heater time affect:

 

Steam Engine kind:

 

Steam Engine revolution:

 

Steam Engine cyl diameter:

 

Steam Engine piston stroke:

 

Steam Engine pipe size:

 

Steam Engine when built:

 

Steam Engine where built:

 

Manufacturer:

30 HP

 

horizontal

 

flue

 

12'

 

3' 6"

 

 

 

41 tubes, 12' long

 

3"

 

double doors, brick lined

 

4' 6"

 

4' 3"

 

1' 9"

 

430 sq. ft.

 

18 sq. ft.

 

16

 

4' long - 2" wide (plain)

 

wood

 

pop

 

100 lbs

 

65 lbs

 

1' 9"

 

33' 10"

 

length 4'

 

2' 7"

 

asbestos with canvas covering

 

Very old, liable to break down at any time

 

1883

 

San Francisco, CA

 

1 - Fulton Iron Works; 1 Joshua Heady Machine Co.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Horizontal

 

North - 90 rpm 2.5 hp; South - 60 rpm 3 1/3 hp

 

North - 4"; South - 6"

 

North - 10"; South - 6"

Steam Signal

Whistle diameter:

 

Whistle height:

 

Whistle orifice:

 

Whistle tone:

 

Whistle chime:

10' 3.5"

 

1' 5" & 1' 8 3/4"

 

3 3/16"

 

single

Whistle Signal

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