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

Mary Island Light Station - 1926

Fog Signal General

3rd class Daboll trumpet

11 minutes

4 to 5 minutes

3 sec blast, 3 sec silent, 3 sec blast, 21 sec silent

Engines, compressors, air tanks, water tanks, tripping devices, 1 spare reed.

Cam wheel, cam wheel shaft geared to main pulley shaft

9 lbs.

41 feet

74 degrees

in same building

drainage off roof

same building

Octagonal shaped frame building, concrete foundation with tower for lantern, rising thru center of structure.

James P. Marsh & Co., Chicago 2 - 3" gauge valves

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