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

Wolf Trap Light Station - 1927

Fog Signal General

Reed horn, 3rd class.

8 to 10 minutes.

Hand bell used while starting compressor.

Blast 3 sec., silent 7 sec. blast 3 sec. silent 7 sec.; Hand bell, 1 stroke, 10 sec silent, 1 stroke, 10 sec. silent

Worm gear, 3rd district, belt driven.

6 lbs.

44 feet.

East.

In basement on east side of tower & about 1000 yards from channel, Horn on roof pointed toward channel.

In one.

In same structure.

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