diaphone
Sign in to savethumb|A Type B Diaphone (Gamewell) in front of a Type F Diaphone fog horn (Diaphone Signal Co.) previously used in Cleveland, OH. The diaphone is a noisemaking device best known for its use as a foghorn: It can produce deep, powerful tones, able to carry a long distance. Although they have fallen out of favor, diaphones were also used at some fire stations and in other situations where a loud, audible signal was required.
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- History
- The Gamewell diaphone
- Working diaphone installations
- External links
- References
thumb|A Type B Diaphone (Gamewell) in front of a Type F Diaphone fog horn (Diaphone Signal Co.) previously used in Cleveland, OH. The diaphone is a noisemaking device best known for its use as a foghorn: It can produce deep, powerful tones, able to carry a long distance. Although they have fallen out of favor, diaphones were also used at some fire stations and in other situations where a loud, audible signal was required.
thumbnail|Sound of the diaphone at East Brother Island Light, a lighthouse located at Richmond, California.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “diaphone” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.