Lighthouse Inspection Reports Database

San Luis Obispo Light Station

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

 

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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:

30 HP

 

horizontal

 

Flue tube

 

 

 

12'

 

42"

 

41 tubes - 12' long

 

3"

 

 

 

48"

 

54"

 

18"

 

430 sq. ft.

 

16 2/3 sq. ft.

 

18

 

double

 

coal, wood, & fuel oil

 

ball & lever

 

180 lbs

 

60 lbs

 

21"

 

6' 3" to bottom - 33.5' to top

 

50"

 

30"

 

asbestos

 

good

 

1889

 

San Francisco

 

Morghan & Aiken

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

horizontal

 

98 rpm

 

4"

 

9"

 

3/4"

 

no date

 

Quincy, IL

 

Gardner & Co.

Steam Signal

Whistle diameter:

 

Whistle height:

 

Whistle orifice:

 

Whistle tone:

 

Whistle chime:

10"

 

13.5"

 

2 3/4"

 

single