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

Scotch Cap Light Station - 1914

Fog Signal General

10" whistle; compressed air

22 min

8 min

5 sec blast, 55 sec silent

3 engines, 3 air compressors, 2 air tanks, 2 timing devices, 2 whistles. 2 engines & 2 compressors are required to operate 1 whistle.

Crosby; automatic tripping gear

60 lbs

75'

in same building as light

unlimited; piped from spring on hill to cistern above level of buildings; 40 lbs
pressure.

1 story octagonal frame building.

2; Crosby Steam Gauge Co.

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