San Francisco Foghorn Melodies

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San Francisco Foghorn Melodies

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James Shaw

Күн бұрын

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@TrainsAreReallyCool Жыл бұрын

My Grandfather (my Dad's Dad) was born in San Francisco. He must have heard these every night growing up. Man, what I would do to experience it with him. *I really miss you. Rest In Piece, Grandpa. ❤*

@ToddSF 8 жыл бұрын

I live in Pacific Heights (almost anyway) and my apartment's single bay window faces the direction of the Bay. On a summer night, when my window is open and I turn off the TV, I can hear two or three foghorns, one that is quite prominent (possibly at the Marina) and one or two that are more distant, possibly the Golden Gate Bridge. I'm far enough inland that I can hear them and the loudest one isn't unpleasantly loud. It's very atmospheric and I have been hearing them for 24 years now. I love hearing them.

@Logical_Chronical Жыл бұрын

I love them too, I just wish they kept more of them and the 'old diaphone foghorns. Those are my favorite ones that aren't used anymore and most of SFs foghorns were taken out due to tech advances. I miss the orchestra and falling asleep to that as well. The Bonita one was my favorite hearing from a distance and it really wasn't too loud. A lot of them were miles away that it was a faint clam feeling. There were 51 horns in the bay at once at one point.

@tonichecavalari5956 3 жыл бұрын

💕💖I left my heart in San Francisco 💕💖

@tonichecavalari5956 3 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of "War of the Worlds" with "Tom Cruise ". The giant alien octopus comming out of the ground made a fog horn noise when activated 😣

@allanegleston4931 Жыл бұрын

my late mom who grew up in berkley and san fransisco would hear them in her dreams when she was older . fooooo g. foooo og.

@DyEsp 5 жыл бұрын

Love this. Grew up at 45th and Irving. Heard a lot of foghorns!

@Logical_Chronical Жыл бұрын

It's sad a lot of these are gone now. Only 3 remain and they don't sing to each other anymore.😟

@joshs4594 7 жыл бұрын

That Golden Gate mid-span diaphone is hauntingly beautiful.

@gabrielbennett5162 7 жыл бұрын

Josh S I agree! Lovely sound. Personally, though, my favorite on here is Point Bonita. That two-tone diaphone had a nice rich sound, shame that it's gone forever.

@joshs4594 3 жыл бұрын

@@gabrielbennett5162 You're right, it is shame. 😔

@Logical_Chronical Жыл бұрын

@@joshs4594 I miss diaphone foghorns. My favorite diaphone one was at Bonita. They sound eerie but beautiful at the same time. It gives character and actually calms me, especially when you could faintly hear them from a distance. They took most out and the bay is quiet and doesn't sound like this recording anymore.

@DaveInLAS 8 ай бұрын

Sounds like Jóhann Jóhannsson compositions from the Arrival soundtrack 🙌🏼👏🏼💨

@kansasthunderman1 9 жыл бұрын

As a 35 year resident of the San Francisco Marina, I know the 150-110 Super Tyfon on the Golden Gate Bridge south pier is the only foghorn in the video that is still in operation. In 1983, the FT2 diaphone at midspan was replaced with a conventional Air Chime horn. Lime Point had a Leslie 150-255 Super Tyfon "Stereo" array which was also decommissioned in 1983. Alcatraz has an FA232 electronic beeper on the south east corner.

@dieselpower1133 9 жыл бұрын

Why did Lime point have a horn ? Was it for ship safety?

@kansasthunderman1 9 жыл бұрын

dieselpower1133 A ship ran aground at Lime Point in the 50s or 60s and the Coast Guard upgraded the air whistle to the 150-255 horn which had an audible range of 4 miles.

@dieselpower1133 9 жыл бұрын

kansasthunderman1 ah interesting ! Is it still being used today or is it decommissioned? If so why was it decommissioned?

@kansasthunderman1 9 жыл бұрын

dieselpower1133 The foghorn at Lime Point was decommissioned in 1984. The reasoning given by the Coast Guard was that the horns on the Golden Gate Bridge (on the south pier and at midspan) were adequate to warn mariners of the limits of the channel. There is still a beacon on Lime Point.

@dieselpower1133 9 жыл бұрын

kansasthunderman1 thank you for the knowledge of this interesting topic! I had no idea the coast guard was so keen to ship safety back in those times .

@beachdog67 11 жыл бұрын

Ah. Wonderful piece. The historic photos are always a delight, and the sounds, especially for a San Francisco expat, are perfect (especially in HD). This recording sounds like real sourdough smells!

@robcouper3602 7 жыл бұрын

Grew up with those musical sounds.

@dancastro4732 3 жыл бұрын

The Bay Area will forever be my home even though I left it in August 1991

@recoveringsoul755 4 жыл бұрын

Great images in this from the past and the sounds

@tvtimetravel 2 жыл бұрын

What a wonferful choir of foghorns San Francisco Bay has!

@greggross8856 5 жыл бұрын

The Mile Rock foghorn sounds like it might have been the inspiration for the old KFOG signature jingle.

@rclaughlin 2 жыл бұрын

It was, Greg. Make no mistake about it.

@desertfish1460 2 жыл бұрын

But what is the one that makes a high pitched woody- aspirated sound like "FFFFOPP!!" ? I remember hearing all of these lying on my mom's couch, nice to have them explained!

@wonderglory 10 жыл бұрын

Most of them are the ones I grew up with.

@tamborjim 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Beachdog...I, too, am an expat, 30 years in CR, but its in the blood after 4 gens...

@cs868 2 жыл бұрын

There is a fantastic instrumental by The Steve Miller Band titled "Song for Our Ancestors." It begins with a symphony of SF foghorns and turns into an incredibly ethereal song. Definitely worth a listen. I remember the horns from my youth in the Bay. Are they still in use today? I've been away for a long time.

@rclaughlin 5 жыл бұрын

I like the Mile Rock horn the most.

@clockbuilderhg 10 жыл бұрын

0:48 type F2T diaphone. My favorite.

@2minniegirl 5 жыл бұрын

mine too

@2minniegirl 5 жыл бұрын

I love the 2 toned ones

@geobol3562 5 жыл бұрын

@@2minniegirl listen to song for our ancestors by steve miller band

@2minniegirl 5 жыл бұрын

@karenstudebaker3860 2 жыл бұрын

Childhood memories

@gabrielbennett5162 7 жыл бұрын

Where is this audio track from? It sounds like something you'd hear in a museum display, especially with the way it starts over again at the end. Love it, btw.

@Dylan_Otto 7 жыл бұрын

I cant stop thinking of the time when I told the operator to open the gates in Little Inferno XD

@e.j.thomas9994 4 жыл бұрын

In the daytime I could cope with these sounds together, but a night they would have me howling like a wolf! I would hate it! Every sound smells, tastes and feels different to me, depending in the weather, time of year and whether it is nighttime or daytime.

@recoveringsoul755 4 жыл бұрын

You may be a Sythesete, not sure I spelled that correctly. If you associate a word or subject with a color, smell , or taste that may be how your mind organizes things. My daughter is like that, each subject for school was color coded. FOr her English was blue, for example. It just WAS. When you are trying to help someone get organized, it's important that you understand how THEIR mind works to organize things and thoughts so the system works for them. Some of us can use standard color file folders, some people need special colors.

@Hi-xs7wm 3 жыл бұрын

Great !

@birdlynn417 3 жыл бұрын

Love this, thank you!!

@richardjones3712 9 жыл бұрын

Kansasthunderman, I can't remember Lime Point sounding the way it did at :55. Is it possible that the compress air was reduced at one time after this recording? It sounds to me like one of the 2 smaller horns is a little raspy sounding.I've stood above Lime Point on the GG bridge and even just below the horns on the deck surrounding Lime Point and they never sounded like that, not even at Ft.Point.

@richardjones3712 4 жыл бұрын

@The Logical Twit Yes, modern fog horn devices aren't the same as past years. A shame it is. As for the 40's or 50's the Lime Point Leslie Chime fog horns were installed about 1932. replaced in 1960-61 by an electric horn run by a 2 rows of about 20 plus batteries, boring mono toned all in part to a the India Bear that ran into the light house destroying the outhouse on June 3rd 1960. Next year the 3 story building of the lighthouse was torn down. This fog horn had different tones at different locations in San Francisco. This recording must have been made from a boat at an angle off the side of Lime Point either east or west . I hear an echo in the recording due to the cliff west of the light house.

@peterlevine7591 4 жыл бұрын

Still trying to track down the source of this. Playland? Cliff House? Anybody know?

@TheKilroyman 6 жыл бұрын

Which one of these was the GG Bridge's midspan foghorns? Would have been nice to have placed a photo of each foghorn to go with the recording, but thats just my personal opinion.

@mbta1051 10 жыл бұрын

What year was this recorded? I really wish I could travel in time to go to SFO and hear these in the fog!

@richardjones3712 9 жыл бұрын

I'm betting before 1958 and more like mid 50's. Pt.Bonita's diaphone was replaced approx.. 59 by super tyfons..

@richardjones3712 9 жыл бұрын

And forgot o mention Lime Point's chime diaphragms were replaced in 1960.

@recoveringsoul755 4 жыл бұрын

SFO airport is NOT in San Francisco, it is in Millbrae. Several cities away from San Francisco proper.

@TheChachLINY 4 жыл бұрын

0:38 Diaphone Type F. 1:17 sounds A LOT like a Gamewell Diaphone Type B with a brass piston lol

@Mastercheifaprooved1 4 жыл бұрын

What kind of horn did lime point have?

@TheChachLINY 4 жыл бұрын

Mastercheifaprooved1 Not sure. Definitely more than one though.

@Mastercheifaprooved1 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheChachLINY How many of these have been decommissioned? I heard the horns on the golden gate are the only ones still operating.

@richardjones3712 4 жыл бұрын

Leslie I believe.Three horns, one 17 inches I believe pointing straight ahead and 2 smaller horns one pointing west. The other pointing east. Leslie also made horns for locomotives.@@Mastercheifaprooved1

@richardjones3712 4 жыл бұрын

@@Mastercheifaprooved1 Only the horn located on the south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge is still in operation from this video. Lime point doesn't have a horn any more.The others have single tone electric horns.