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Keeper Sounds Fog Bell by Hand for Two Nights

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: January 3, 2020

The following account appeared in the July 1933 Lighthouse Service Bulletin, which was issued monthly by the United States Lighthouse Service from 1912 to 1939…

Long Point

Long Point Light Station, Provincetown, MA
(National Archives photo)

“Thomas L. Chase, keeper of Long Point Light Station, Provincetown, Mass., struck the thousand-pound fog bell by hand during two nights of fog, when the striking mechanism got out of order, late in May.

“Early on the night of May 24 the mechanism became disabled during a particularly heavy fog. The keeper struck the bell by hand all through that night and also through the following night, three strikes being required every minute.”

Long Point Light

The fog bell tower and lighthouse at Long Point Light Station on Cape Cod.
(National Archives photo)

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Filed Under: Lighthouse History, Long Point Lighthouse Tagged With: fog bell, keeper, lighthouse, long point, massachusetts, provincetown, thomas chase

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