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 - 1917

Fog Signal General

Diaphone type "F" operated by compressed air, a 10" whistle for emergency use.

10 minutes.

6 minutes

4 sec blast, 56 sec. silent

3 engines & air compressors, 2 air tanks. Diaphone & whistle apparatus are each separately complete.

Special timer by Diaphone Signal Co.

28 lbs.

72 feet

Vertical

In same building as light.

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

2, Crosby Steam Gauge Co.

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