Name/Title
FoghornEntry/Object ID
2004.05.02Description
Bellows for foghorn. A noise signal (before electric equipment) used to warn ships when they were coming too close to land in thick fog.
some hand held- making use of the bellows that took in air and pushed it out through a loud horn
used also to direct the ships that came to close to land which way to turn, a certain number of blows would indicate to the ship to turn a certain way to avoid crashingCollection
Captain Arthur Eich CollectionCondition
Overall Condition
FairDate Examined
Oct 2, 2006Examined By
Keira GruberNotes
Spring is rusty
leather woren (not horrible though)
wood in good condition