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

West Point Light Station - 1910

Fog Signal General

2nd class Daboll trumpet

20 min

no storage

Made at General Depot

unknown

5 sec blast, 25 sec silent

Engines & Compressors

Operated by sprocket chain from engines regulated by speed of engineer

13' 9"

270 degrees

Attached to W front of lighthouse, marks W Point to protect shipping passing point.

Attached to lighthouse

Collected in redwood tanks from roof of fog-signal building and workroom (tanks 2000 gallons)

Attached to building.

Brick building plastered with cement and attached to tower.

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