Lighthouse Inspection Reports Database

South Fox Island 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

 

Lighthouse Access | Station Boat Info | Tools and Accessories | Light Vessel Specific | Inspection Reports

 

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:

Steam

 

Marine, open bottom

 

Flue tube

 

height 7' 5"

 

6' 6"

 

width 4' 9"

 

102 - 5' 1 1/4"

 

2.5"

 

part of boiler

 

5'

 

4' 1 1/4"

 

1' 6"

 

393-95

 

20 sq. ft.

 

18

 

2 bar spade ends, cast iron

 

bituminous coal & wood

 

2.5"

 

135#

 

90#

 

24"

 

38' 8"

 

3' 9"

 

36"

 

Felt covered with canvas & lined with asbestos

 

good

 

1895

 

Dayton, OH

 

Miami Valley Boiler Co.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No. Automatic signal

Steam Signal

Whistle diameter:

 

Whistle height:

 

Whistle orifice:

 

Whistle tone:

 

Whistle chime:

10"

 

16"

 

2 3/4"

 

single tone

Whistle Signal

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