How The Historic Foghorn Works

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How The Historic Foghorn Works

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This is a demonstration and explanation of how the early 1900's historic foghorn worked. The foghorn is located on a private Island with a lighthouse located in the middle of the San Francisco Bay. Visit ebls.org to book a bed & breakfast night over and a personal demonstration of this historic foghorn.

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@michaelhartzell9758 6 жыл бұрын

And just think, at night that is how ships were informed of where the land was. All night long that engine and compressor would be operating until first light. So much progress and so much simplier.

@BradAndersohn 6 жыл бұрын

My wife and I spent the night at this Lighthouse and that dam thing went off every 60 secs!!! Ever try to fall asleep in 60 secs before having a foghorn blow off right below your bedroom window? WOW! What an experience to say the least. If you ever stay there, bring earplugs, earphones, ear wax, and a well insulated helmet if you want to get any sleep!!! lol~ Seriously though, we had a great time at this place and we learned a ton! It was awesome.

@joshjones3408 Жыл бұрын

The min he said caterpillar its a pony motor but the shot gun shell was s good guess just wrong type of engine but very good guess Great video 👍👍👍

@BradAndersohn 11 жыл бұрын

Its an awesome bed and breakfast site now which includes a personal demonstration of the historic foghorn, dinner, and breakfast all out on the Island in the middle of the bay.

@scottkuchciak 8 жыл бұрын

"The compressor compresses air" lol

@praestant8 7 жыл бұрын

Scott Kuchciak To the casual visitor that may even be too technical.

@clerdman1 6 жыл бұрын

Half the people in this video look like mindless idiots.

@liamitosmom 11 жыл бұрын

I live on a hill in East San Rafael -- Finally (after 10 years) I know why I often hear a foghorn on bright sunny days!

@MicraHakkinen 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video in general and thanks for the heads-up regarding the engine noise in particular ;)

@nchcroy3877 9 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fascinating. Loved it. Thanks for uploading.

@michaelbauers5896 10 жыл бұрын

great work on the video. Great to see how the system worked

@Lighting_Desk 7 жыл бұрын

Both Fascinating and terrifying simultaneously....

@Steve211Ucdhihifvshi 6 жыл бұрын

i like it how he says you might wanna go outside to hear the horn,,, in case its not loud enough INSIDE hahahah

@dickJohnsonpeter 6 жыл бұрын

I love when he takes that cover off.

@BradAndersohn 11 жыл бұрын

Well if that's all that comes out of posting this, then it was worth all the time and effort. :-) Now that you know, you should take a trip out there with your favorite girl and do a night over to experience it for yourself. I think you'd enjoy it.

@SuperCholdi 10 жыл бұрын

Maaan, I'd love to work there. I like that cranky old diesel.

@BradAndersohn 10 жыл бұрын

We spent the night there and the "regularly scheduled" fog-horn was right beneath our guest room window. The only downside is that it goes off every 60 seconds. 24 hours a day! Yikes!! lol~

@KnittingPasta 10 жыл бұрын

Brad Andersohn that sounds like a terrible place to sleep! what were they thinking?!

@BradAndersohn 10 жыл бұрын

Knitting Pasta haha~ Yeah, it wasn't so bad after a couple stiff drinks and some ear plugs. lol

@ChoperJoJo 6 жыл бұрын

Cool

@FandCCD 6 жыл бұрын

I love this old stuff!

@BradAndersohn 6 жыл бұрын

Me too! I wanna go back and stay here again, but this time I'll get the room furthest from the normal foghorn that goes off every 60 seconds. 24/7/365. Our last time we stayed here, the foghorn was right outside our bedroom window!?!? That was CRAZY!!! ALL NIGHT LONG!!! lol~

@PistonAvatarGuy 6 жыл бұрын

I would have liked to have seen the modern setup as well.

@EATSLEEPDRIVE2002 6 жыл бұрын

“It’s easy to handcrank a diesel “… Wow

@enja001 6 жыл бұрын

it is if it has decompression switches

@lewiemcneely9143 6 жыл бұрын

Good Video. I could start that Cat in a skinny minute, having grown up in the age of pony motors starting Cat equipment. They started just like the older Harley-Davidson bikes, but with a rope instead of a kick.

@BradAndersohn 6 жыл бұрын

Lewie McNeely those were the good ole days my friend!! 👍

@lewiemcneely9143 6 жыл бұрын

THAT is a natural fact! They worked in any weather and you just had to know what you were doing. Not like today. Anyone can run a new rig. You have to know something to run the old reliable stuff!

@samschannel531 7 жыл бұрын

10:13 for th-HOOOOOONNNK!!! Hey! It's rude to interrupt!

@twmax4137 6 жыл бұрын

Sam's Channel531 10:16

@Gyro144 8 жыл бұрын

I loved it, too!

@TheTechnologymachinery 5 жыл бұрын

@ 10:17 it sounds like a C-Series Thunderbolt siren blower.

@linctexpilot8337 6 жыл бұрын

Nice History lesson

@nolansmokes 8 жыл бұрын

Will that fit in my Honda?

@ChuckReynolds 8 жыл бұрын

Great video but wow that quality lol. I want to book a trip to video it in HD. ;) But thanks man. I loved the info in this. Cheers!

@ChuckReynolds 8 жыл бұрын

LOL... that's SO cool. I want to go and push that button

@BradAndersohn 8 жыл бұрын

+Chuck Reynolds - I know, the quality of my iPhone back in 2012 was... well lets just say that the Apple device still had a little bit left to be desired!?! lol~ Seriously, sorry about that. It was an awesome experience, and pushing that button would be the coolest for sure! :-)

@notanuberweeb 8 жыл бұрын

+Chuck Reynolds It is in HD. Early HD, 720p

@Retechcampus 8 жыл бұрын

+Zeroped - yeah, I should have put a collar mic on him but back then I didn't have that setup with me while we were staying at the lighthouse property. I apologize for the noisy background, but under the circumstances with the equipment I was limited to, this was the best I could do. Happy I got at least this posted to share.

@notanuberweeb 8 жыл бұрын

RETechCampus It's totally cool mate, I wasn't trying to complain about the quality I was actually trying to say the quality is fine.

@manga12 11 жыл бұрын

this is east brother lightstation, one of only maybe 4 working f type two tone foghorns, or f2t foghorns, the one that blows and then has a lower long tone, the ruuuuuuuuu rooooot sound that is soo famous.

@michaelbauers8800 9 жыл бұрын

1920s cat engine, still working. Maybe the old saying is true, they don't make them like they used to :)

@michaelbauers8800 9 жыл бұрын

What is it about machines that captivates? Especially complex machines to do simple tasks? :)

@R.U.1.2. 6 жыл бұрын

NO hearing protection for anybody! How safe is that around an indoor running Diesel?

@rr7firefly 9 жыл бұрын

What bridge is shown at 11:00 (minutes) in this video? Is it the San Rafael bridge seen from the south? I'd like to know the position of this foghorn in relation to area landmarks.

@BradAndersohn 9 жыл бұрын

Hey Noe - Thanks for watching and commenting. I believe that is the San Rafael bridge, if you use Google Earth Pro (now free by the way) you can search East Brother Light Station to get an exact pinpoint of its location in reference to the bridge and surrounding landmarks. :-)

@rr7firefly 9 жыл бұрын

Brad Andersohn Great! I really enjoyed your video. There is a KZfaq video over 90 minutes long with the foghorn sounds that I love to hear -- it brings me serenity and mental clarity. Perfect for times when the world around me gets too "jangly." Seeing the apparatus in operation is like going to Bethlehem.

@BradAndersohn 9 жыл бұрын

Noe Berengena being able to have an impact on others lives and people we don't even know or may never meet is one of the coolest things about the world wide web and KZfaq. Those of us who use these tools to connect with others just like you and I know exactly what I mean. Way Cool!! I'm humbled and honored to have made your acquaintance Noe, thanks for making my day. BTW - that foghorn in this video went off every minute (60 seconds) and was right outside our bedroom window. You should try to make it to the East Brothers Station and spend the night, it's a real kick! :-)

@jacqueslobeau9906 10 жыл бұрын

Interesting but could you explain how Swiss Germans also make fog horn sound when they blow their nose ?

@manga12 11 жыл бұрын

well this I know there are several videos of east brother, but none as in depth nor an interactive tour where the guests get to ready the foghorn, nor are they as long as this one. I know its a bed and breakfast.

@HCSpeedRacin 9 жыл бұрын

I need one of these incase i get rekt.

@DandyDon1 8 жыл бұрын

Good ole Hope Jones.

@hunkymac 10 жыл бұрын

Soon as it went off I shat my self I thirst it was soft

@erikanderson5235 11 жыл бұрын

Awsom

@ami2evil 6 жыл бұрын

Droppin' the Brown Note...

@SonicConstruction 6 жыл бұрын

wow, v interesting, thanks :)

@markallen3293 6 жыл бұрын

Way cool...

@robertgift 6 жыл бұрын

Wonderful! How fun. I would have started the diesel engine withe compressed air in the tanks. Horn is no impressive. I expected to see a huge exponential horn.

@TheNick279 6 жыл бұрын

I think they should be wearing ear defenders.

@initialb5009 6 жыл бұрын

i want that horn on my mercedes.

@dirkdiggler1242 6 жыл бұрын

That's crazy,

@dirkdiggler1242 6 жыл бұрын

Nice job

@11Rastafari11 6 жыл бұрын

i dismanteled old washing mashines :D

@KawaiikatsAj 7 жыл бұрын

Idk

@ussenterprise5364 6 жыл бұрын

Cat diesel power!

@CelticSemperTyrannis 5 жыл бұрын

no ear protection? Man this guy's ear drums must be made of iron.

@genesclean1 6 жыл бұрын

East river New York.not San Francisco

@nighthawwwk 6 жыл бұрын

*fog* hehe (laughing like a minion)

@19772001corey 9 жыл бұрын

Hey that thing got a hemi

@ussenterprise5364 6 жыл бұрын

corey wallace It has Cat diesel power. No hemi's needed or wanted.

@KawaiikatsAj 7 жыл бұрын

It's diesel not deisel

@BrassLock 6 жыл бұрын

+Kawaiikats3120 Aj : How does it feel, after waiting ten months for a *_misspelling response_* and no one cared a hoot?

@midnight_.v 6 жыл бұрын

dav snow hahahahahahaha

@spybloodjr 6 жыл бұрын

Pink shirt lady got rekt

@jacintootaloj.otalloo1352 8 жыл бұрын

doidera doidera

@Insolation1 5 жыл бұрын

Not bad but I prefer the sound of this one kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n65zoN2n36nRmH0.html

@kerrywsmyth 8 жыл бұрын

fog horn is out of tune!!! I am used to hearing the fog horn in cartoons, and it is in different notes.

@shannondelaney3298 8 жыл бұрын

+kerrywsmyth i hate it when they blow

@alexwood99 6 жыл бұрын

Foghorns are like car horns they all have different tones

@finnpeters7867 6 жыл бұрын

alex wood think he was joking 🤨

@tiredoftheliesalready 6 жыл бұрын

What... On... Earth... ? I hope the person who wrote this was joking...please, tell me they were joking...

@godfreypoon5148 6 жыл бұрын

+Paul Beverage It wasn't Joe King. It was kerrywsmyth.

@alanduncan1980 6 жыл бұрын

Thar she blows!

@maverickdallas1004 6 жыл бұрын

Somebody farted!!!

@captainfallsalotatppic2508 6 жыл бұрын

When you're video recording an event, next time please record the subject itself. When you went outside for the horn, you panned the cam at people. Keep the subject in frame, not people. I don't care to see a bunch of people.

@BradAndersohn 6 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I’d been drinking earlier. Wasn’t sure what to expect or where to stand. Lol But yes, if I could go back in time, there are 100 other things I would have done to improve this live and spontaneous video. Thanks :)

@captainfallsalotatppic2508 6 жыл бұрын

@@BradAndersohn Oh that is totally understandable. You done better than me if I were drinking. Lol I did like the video, it was pretty cool to watch and learn about how those old fog horns worked back in the day. Thanks for your post!

@BradAndersohn 6 жыл бұрын

Capt. Christopher Taylor - we thought is was interesting too considering it was the old school way of warning the ships in the Golden Gate Bay Back in the day. Believe me, we had no idea what to expect?!?! Lol~ What’s funnier is that we spent the night on that lighthouse island and the horn warning sounds every 60 seconds. The horn that sounds was right outside our bedroom window!!!! Really?? Really!! Now you know why we drank!!!! True story :)

@captainfallsalotatppic2508 6 жыл бұрын

@@BradAndersohn It sounds like you enjoyed yourself.