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

Smith Point Light Station - 1927

Fog Signal General

Type C. Diaphone.

10 minutes.

Hand bell used while starting compressor.

Whistle, 3 sec. blast, 20 sec. silent, 3 sec. blast, 20 sec. silent; Bell, 1 stroke, 20 sec. silent, 2 strokes, 20 sec. silent.

Worm-geared; belt driven. Made by Diaphone Signal Co.

30 lbs.

59 feet.

Vertical.

In watch room on east side of tower,& about 1000 yards from edge of channel.

In one.

Rain water from roof.

In basement (caisson), 1 single cylinder horizontal internal cumbustion engine driving single stage horizontal air compressor.

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