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:

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Sand Beach Harbor of Refuge N Side E Entrance

Fog Signal General

10" whistle & machinery in duplicate Lighthouse Board's design of January 1883 (no modifications)

1 5-sec blast followed by an interval of 25 sec.

N of tower & within 3' of same. Guide to main harbor entrance during Fogs &
Snowstorms

from Lake or 2 iron tanks over boilers.

Frame building 22 x 29' studding 6x6" sheathed with 2" planking placed diagonally on outside & ceiled with 1" flooring on inside, roof & sides covered with No. 18 corr. iron inside lined with No. 26 smooth iron walls filled with lime & sawdust.

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