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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Humboldt Bay Fog Station

Fog Signal General

Gasoline engines, 1 Bury & 1 Dow, belt driven air compressors vertical air receivers.

4 minutes

2 minutes

Engines - Western Gas Eng. Co., Los Angeles, CA., compressors - Bury Compressor & Geo.

1908- 1909

3 sec blast every 17 sec.

Engines, air valves, sirens, compressors of same size but diff. make, timing device.

Crosby duplicate cylinders 3" x 6" & clocks

30 to 38 lbs - best at 35 lbs.

about 35'

Se point of N Spit, about 1/2 mile E'ly from Bar at entrance to Humboldt Bay.

abt .5 mi SE 1/8 E of Humboldt unused lighthouse

open well sunk in sand 8' deep 6' sq. inner casing of 3' cement pipe

plank walk about 100' from signal

rectangular frame bldg 30' x 46' painted white, with lead color trimmings, roof
painted red.

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