Thread Number: 63429
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Foghorn "Washing Machine" |
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Post# 860099   1/4/2016 at 20:23 (3,005 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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This came up in a search (appropriately enough, on SF CL) and I'm very tempted.
I never knew for sure how they operated, and always thought they were much, much larger.
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Post# 860115 , Reply# 1   1/4/2016 at 21:01 (3,005 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia )   |   | |
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Post# 860151 , Reply# 2   1/4/2016 at 23:27 (3,005 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)   |   | |
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Post# 860153 , Reply# 3   1/4/2016 at 23:55 (3,005 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 860190 , Reply# 5   1/5/2016 at 06:55 (3,004 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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How an old fog horn works. This is a really neat video and a really neat guy guiding tourists through the whole operation. CLICK HERE TO GO TO Tomturbomatic's LINK |
Post# 860241 , Reply# 6   1/5/2016 at 14:16 (3,004 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Tom, thanks for posting the link to that video! It hit all the marks. Not only did it contain a reference to an automatic washer timer, but also evoked erotica with its view inside the compressor.
Something tells me the relatively small boxed horn in the OP may not be complete, or could require some major muscle to get it to make any noise. I have a feeling it may have come off something like a buoy or breakwater signal. We were just at Phil's Fish Market in Moss Landing last week and I heard such a signal outside of the restaurant. It wasn't nearly as impressive as the one in the video. |
Post# 860265 , Reply# 8   1/5/2016 at 16:32 (3,004 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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Imagine starting something like this in your driveway early in the morning! I really love big machines and their noises, not so much loud as funny. I wonder if a diesel back up generator could make neat sounds like this. CLICK HERE TO GO TO Tomturbomatic's LINK |
Post# 860279 , Reply# 9   1/5/2016 at 17:26 (3,004 days old) by kimball455 (Cape May, NJ)   |   | |
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Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City has a 64 foot Diaphone. The link shows it in operation.
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Post# 860503 , Reply# 10   1/7/2016 at 01:05 (3,003 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN)   |   | |
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Loved the foghorn video for a number of reasons, I love mechanical and technical things. I found videos on Youtube of how to build an air horn (link below). Diesels fascinate me, hence the reason I drive one and have owned three. I hate the VW scandal as diesels were beginning to take off here since most of the younger drivers now don't remember the GM diesel problems of the 70's and early 80's. I've started my VW TDI after cold overnight parking at work down to 0F without any troubles, but I treat my fuel year round with Power Service diesel additive, silver for summer and white for winter. Love steam engines too, especially like on the Steamboat Natchez in New Orleans. Whatever that horn is in the OP I'd love to hear it. CLICK HERE TO GO TO askolover's LINK |