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Presque Isle Pierhead Light Station - 1909

Fog Signal General

Fog bell, with Stevens Automatic apparatus, on wooden skeleton tower, on extreme end of pier 470' from tower.

1 blow every 10 sec.

About 1 1/4 mile, N 35 degrees 10' W from light tower on the NE angle of the Presquile Peninsula. Marks outer end of N pier.

470' N 49 degrees 13' E

Walk along pier

Bell supported on top of square pyramidal wooden skeleton tower, 15' square at base, 7.5' sq. at top, 24' high above deck of pier. Striking apparatus located in house at base of structure, bell reached by iron ladder from pier.

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