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

Cape Henry Light Station - 1911

Fog Signal General

2 - 6" compressed air sirens with operating devices. 2 air compressors driven by kerosene engines.

About 1 minute

6 minutes

4 sec blast, 41 sec silent

Air compressors, operating devices & sirens

40 lbs per sq. in.

near beach in front of tower, facing entrance channel to Chesapeake Bay.

330' NE from new tower

Cistern & driven pipe well

by boardwalk

1 story brick bldg with iron trussed hip roof & corrugated iron cover.

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