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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Holland Pierhead Front Range Light Station

Fog Signal General

10" steam whistle, operated by Marine Steam boilers & controlled by upright steam
engine

45 minutes

Geo. F. Motter & Sons, York, PA.

1899

5 sec blast, 25 sec silent interval

Boilers & engines

Cams on worm gears

Whistle, 85#

39'

Guide to Harbor entrance

on outer end of South pier, just in rear of tower.

well in pier

on pier

Foundation, concrete; ext. walls, structural steel framing, covered on outside with metal plates, & lined on inside with pressed brick.

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