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Foghorn - Wikipedia
A foghorn or fog signal is a device that uses sound to warn vehicles of navigational hazards such as rocky coastlines, or boats of the presence of other ... en.wikipedia.org
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Sounds Signals & Fog Signals - Chieftain Training
A vessel nearing a bend or an area of a channel or fairway where other vessels may be obscured by an intervening obstruction. Such signal shall be answered with ... chieftain.training
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The History of Fog Signals by Wayne Wheeler
The first fog signals were rockets and cannons (or fog guns) developed in Europe in the 18 th century. uslhs.org
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fog-signal
fog-signal [f. fog n.2 + signal n.] 1. Naut. (See quot. 1867.)1759 A. Holmes in Naval Chron. XXIV. 123 Came to an anchor with the fog signal on English Bank. 1867 Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Fog-signals, the naval code established by guns to keep a fleet together, to tack, wear, and perform sundry evol... Oxford English Dictionary
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Fog signal | Maritime Safety, Navigation Aids & Warning Systems
Fog signal, sound or light signal emitted in fog or mist by lighthouses and buoys to indicate a shoreline, channel, or dangerous stretch of water. www.britannica.com
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Sound Signals Used to Alert or Warn - Boat Ed
If you hear the fog signal of a vessel you cannot see, slow to a minimum speed until you are sure there is not a risk of collision. One prolonged blast at ... www.boat-ed.com
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Fog signal station
A fog signal station is a station at which a fog signal exists, but at which there is no lighthouse. A light tower might be appended to the station at a later date, as happened at The Cuckolds Light in Maine. A number of these stations were constructed along the California coast, although few surviv... wikipedia.org
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Navigation Sounds - BoatUS Foundation
These signals must never be used in fog or other conditions of reduced visibility, where the vessels are not visible to each other by eye. Only the fog signals ... www.boatus.org
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Fog Signals - Chesapeake Chapter U.S.L.H.S.
Fog horns are designed for maritime use and need to be able to resist the corrosive effects of oceanic environments. The first fog signal was used in 1719 at ... cheslights.org
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Fog Signal Building - California State Parks
This Fog Signal Building was used from the late 1890s to 1909. It housed the boilers needed for the fog signal to operate. www.parks.ca.gov
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The Fog Signals | Kewaunee Lighthouse
Learn about the steam whistles and diaphone fog horn that helped warn ships in poor weather. Better yet, on this page you can hear examples of each for ... www.kewauneepierheadlighthouse.org
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Fiddler's Reach Fog Signal
The Fiddler's Reach Fog Signal is a fog signal station located on the Kennebec River in Arrowsic, Maine, in Sagadahoc County. It is about SW of the front light of the Doubling Point Range Lights, and about east of Doubling Point Light. The pyramidal bell structure was built in 1914, two years after ... wikipedia.org
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fog
▪ I. fog, n.1 (fɒg) Also 4, 6–7, 9 fogg(e, 6 Sc. foge, 7, 9 feg, 8 Sc. fouge, fug. [of unknown origin; the Welsh ffwg ‘dry grass’ (O. Pughe), often given as the source, is from Eng.] 1. a. The grass which springs up immediately after the hay-crop has been taken off, aftermath. b. The long grass left... Oxford English Dictionary
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Scotch Cap Light
In 1940, a new concrete reinforced lighthouse and fog-signal building was erected near the site of the original lighthouse. wikipedia.org
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hoot
▪ I. hoot, int. Sc. and north. dial. (huːt) Also hout (haʊt), hut (hʌt). [App. a natural utterance of objection or repulsion, there being parallel forms in many langs.: e.g. Sw. hut begone, used in taking one up sharply, Welsh hwt off! away!, Irish ut out! pshaw!, Gael. ut! ut! interj. of disapproba... Oxford English Dictionary
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