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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St. Joseph Front Range Light Station

Fog Signal General

Marine boiler, Kingsford pattern & upright steam engine.

30 minutes

J.P. McGuire, now Variety Iron Works, Cleveland, OH.

1896

3 sec blast then 17 sec silent interval & repeat.

Boilers & engines.

Cam & worm gear on engine

Whistle, 75#

35' 9"

WNW 3/8 W

Channel & harbor entrance & forms base of rear range tower.

Base of Rear range tower

Well in pier

By elevated walk & pier

Building of steel construction square on plan 24' x 24', with pyramidal roof, surrounded by octagon tower & black lantern, painted white.

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