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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Pedras Blancas Light Station - 1910

Fog Signal General

compressed air plant in duplicate, oil engines, compressors, receivers & crosby timer.

15 min

14 blasts

Meitz-Weiss

1905

2 sec blast every 20 sec.

all parts except air & water tank.

crosby automatic

whistle, 40 lbs

about 25'

W of tower, & about midway from tower & outer point of rock. aid to navigation.

170' W from tower

High tank filled by pump at storage tank.

board walk from tower & dwellings

red brick 29' 10" sq., outside 18" walls, 14' 2.5" to top of wall plate, truss roof, oil finished pine woodwork, 1 double door & windows, tool locker, water closet, sink & wash bowl.

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