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Point Montara Light Station
Fog Signal Equipment
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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:
2, 30H Peach boilers
horizontal
Flue tube
12'
3.5'
41 tubes to each boiler
3"
12'
4'
430' each
1.6 sq. ft.
16 to each
4' wood grate bars
pine, wood
No. 3 Ashton Lockup pop safety valve.
120 lbs
60 - 65 lbs
21"
32'
4' long
2' 6"
Asbestos
good
S boiler setup 2/15/1899; N boiler setup Feb, 1906
N boiler - Erie, PA; S boiler - San Francisco, CA
S boiler - Moynihan; N boiler - PA Boiler Works.
horizontal
300
6"
12"
3/4"
no date
no name
no name
Steam Signal
Whistle diameter:
Whistle height:
Whistle orifice:
Whistle tone:
Whistle chime:
12"
S - 4' 3"; N - 5' 6"
S - 3"; N - 2.5"
Whistle Signal