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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Grande Pointe Au Sable Light Station

Fog Signal General

Compressed air siren, operated by oil engines

10 min with gasoline; 25 min with kerosene

twice, about 63 sec.

Fairbanks Morse Co., Beloit, WI

1908

3 sec blast, 12 sec silent interval, 3 sec blast, 27 sec silent interval.

All parts excepting tanks for air storage.

Crosby Automatic in duplicate

Siren, 75#

33'

Due W

W by S from lighthouse, to cover points where boats sailing along E shore change their course.

216' WSW 1/4 W

Well, E of Fog Signal building

by 30" boardwalk

Buff brick with hip roof covered with red asbestos shingles, size 23.6 x 36

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