Fog Signal General

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Round Island Light Station - 1909

Fog Signal General

10" steam whistle.

25 to 35 minutes

Erected by B.A. Todt

Built in Sept. & Oct. 1896

Blasts 5 sec., silent intervals 55 sec.

All parts.

Spur & worm gear operating cam.

Steam whistle at 75#

Attached to light tower to mark N Channel, Straits of Mackinac.

Same building.

From lake. 1 tank 4.5' dia., 5' high of steel. Cap. 600 gals.

Short flight of steps from boiler room floor to 1st floor level & to outside doors onto pier. Main stairs of dwelling connect all floors of building.

Boiler room 17' 6" x 17' 4", 16' floor to ceiling, occupies NW part of 1st floor of dwelling, tower room in NE corner below 2nd floor being used for coal bin & is open to boiler room. Floor of coal bin & boiler room is 3' 4" below 1st floor level.

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