Fog Signal General

Fog Signal Kind:

Time to start:

How long will pressure last:

Manufacturer:

Year of Manufacture:

Characteristic:

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Timing device:

If whistle, siren or trumpet, Pressure at which blown:

Height above water:

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Water supply:

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Desc of Fog signal building:

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Cape Hinchinbrook Light Station - 1926

Fog Signal General

Diaphone, Type F, 1st class air siren sounded on same characteristic if diaphone is disabled.

15 to 20 minutes.

Only a few blasts.

5 sec blast, 40 sec. silent, 5 sec. blast, 40 sec. silent.

Engines, compressors & blast device. There is only 1 diaphone but a siren is available for use if diaphone is disabled.

Geared to engine by chain drive & belt.

39 lbs.

198 feet

South (180 degrees)

In same building as light, 1st floor, southerly (seaward) side.

In same building.

From cisterns.

In same building.

2 story octagonal shape reinforced concrete building lined with hollow tile & plastered. Ground floor is used for engine room, fuel, furnace, tank & provision rooms. Quarters are on 2nd floor.

Recording pressure gauge installed May 19, 1912. American Steam Gauge & Valve Mfg. Co., Boston.

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