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

Point Sur Light Station - 1889

Fog Signal General

2 large return tubular flue boilers - encased in brick. Duplicate 12" steam whistles.

Blasts are of 5 sec duration & 35 sec intervals.

to mark prominent headland

In same bldg

well on sand flat near sea level. water pumped up.

RR track, also by trail

Bldg of stone 30' x 36' 8" in plan - walls 12' 3" high, open trussed roof - concrete floor.

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