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Meaning of "fog signal"
A fog signal is a warning or alerting device used to indicate the presence of fog or poor visibility conditions. It can include sounds, such as horns, sirens, or bells, that are produced by lighthouses, ships, or other navigational aids to help prevent collisions and guide maritime traffic
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- A small explosive charge (detonator) which can be placed on a railway line in fog, to be detonated by a train passing over it as a warning signal to the driver.
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The automated light on fog signal building.
A fog signal may be sounded from a separate building.
This lighthouse does not have a fog signal.
The fog signal was also discontinued at this time.
Better get the fog signal going.
A fog signal building is integrated into the tower.
This is an operational lighthouse with an automatic electronic fog signal.
Feeding the fog signal boilers was an arduous task.
The light was also mounted on top of the fog signal building.
The fog signal is controlled by an automatic fog detector.
Railway fog signal.
The fog signal sounds four blasts every minute.
A Notice to Mariners was then issued as to the unreliability of the explosive fog signal.
The new fog signal is operated in the original bell house.
The Coast Guard continues to maintain the light and fog signal.
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The electric fog signal had a range of four nautical miles.
First to receive three navigational aids, light, a fog signal and a radio beacon.
No fog signal is maintained.
After a lengthy delay, a fog signal was installed.
The fog signal was essential in days before radar and radio.
Lens rotates by electric motor, and fog signal operates by electric motor.
The fog signal has been dismantled but the bell remains on display.
The engineer 's report specified a powerful fog signal was also required at the site.
The fog signal was discontinued the same year and the station automated.
The building originally had a diaphone fog signal structure attached, and it was later removed.
A fog signal consisting of a single blast may be sounded every 30 seconds if needed.
An automated beacon and fog signal were placed on the pier at that time.
A steam-powered Daboll trumpet served as the fog signal.
This and the fog signal building were all that remained of the original buildings.
The fog bell was augmented with a " nautophone " fog signal and an underwater fog signal.
Gustavsvärn fog signal station cottage - another renovation project.
Since 1978 the light has been exhibited in poor visibility when the fog signal is sounding.
A steam-driven fog signal was installed by the turn of the century.
In 1952 the Commissioners of Irish Lights decided to update the fog signal the lighthouse.
The steam fog signal was also converted to a compressor-driven diaphone.
The beacon itself was automated in 1924 but the fog signal continued in manual operation.
Ahead, the fog signal of another vessel shall at once reduce her speed to.
Starting in 1978, the light was operated only in poor visibility, along with the fog signal.
The fog signal house and tower are a brick structure, the house covered by a gable roof.
The light was automated in 1988, with the fog signal having been discontinued the previous year.
The fog signal of another vessel, or which can not avoid a close -.
Operations commenced in 1893 with the construction of a fog signal building and a two-story keeper's quarters.
The fog signal is a single tone diaphone which emits 1 blast every 15 seconds.
In September 1927 a diaphone fog signal replaced the explosive fog signal.
The fog signal was discontinued in the 1980s although the horn remains in place as a decoration.
A foghorn was established at the Head in 1876, being the first audible fog signal in Scotland.
The lighthouse had a fog signal that sounded every 15 seconds and was operated by machinery.
During the period 1924-26 considerable discussion took place about the desirability of a fog signal at Aranmore.
Fog signal is off the port bow, Captain.
The old fog signal was a 5-minute cannon.
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