Sounding the Sumburgh Foghorn

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  • Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
  • The Sumburgh foghorn was used as part of the foghorn sound for Robert Eggers "The Lighthouse". Read more here - www.imdb.com/t...
    A foghorn or fog signal is a device that uses sound to warn vehicles of navigational hazards like rocky coastlines, or boats of the presence of other vessels, in foggy conditions.
    Out of use since 1987, the foghorn was painstakingly restored by Brian Johnson. Shown in the video is the annual Foghorn sounding at Sumburgh Lighthouse, Shetland, Scotland.
    Brian starts up the 1951Kelvin K-Series Diesel 44hp Engines. The engines power the Alley and MacLellan compressors, which in turn, power the foghorn.
    Just so you know, the horn was originally much louder at the end, but RUclips's audio algorithm turned the volume down. I tried several versions but it wasn't having it.

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  • @JerryRigEverything
    @JerryRigEverything 6 лет назад +13520

    Awesome editing!

    • @lazypanda4921
      @lazypanda4921 6 лет назад +529

      Get back to breaking smart phones buddy.

    • @samveg5412
      @samveg5412 6 лет назад +167

      Now I wonder why I got this into my recommendation.

    • @peterdallen2004
      @peterdallen2004 6 лет назад +79

      JerryRigEverything cool to see you here

    • @chrisjar2926
      @chrisjar2926 6 лет назад +17

      Thought you would get more likes

    • @2loco
      @2loco 6 лет назад +6

      Nice seeing you here man. 😀

  • @rgfdtg4969
    @rgfdtg4969 5 лет назад +26638

    Who ever made this video I like your style. Short to the point, and showed how it works and how it sounds.

    • @DanielRolirad
      @DanielRolirad 5 лет назад +595

      Hey guys it's me your favorite youtuber, today I'll show you a big ass fog horn but before we get into that make sure to absolutely smash that subscribe button and subscribe to my channel, now before we move I wanted to thank our sponsor of today's video, ....

    • @dickJohnsonpeter
      @dickJohnsonpeter 5 лет назад +39

      Poop in your own pants for a change

    • @AshikJonathan
      @AshikJonathan 5 лет назад +8

      @@dickJohnsonpeter y

    • @donovanholm
      @donovanholm 5 лет назад +9

      @@AshikJonathan looks like someone doesn't have their own pants

    • @AshikJonathan
      @AshikJonathan 5 лет назад +2

      @@donovanholm eeeeeeeeeeee

  • @StanVanGundy1
    @StanVanGundy1 5 лет назад +10298

    the horn isnt real, theres actually a massive cow that lives on the island

  • @fortitudevalance8424
    @fortitudevalance8424 9 месяцев назад +24

    My great uncle was a merchant navy man from Hartlepool. He remembers the foghorn from the Heugh lighthouse and can tell the difference between the sounds from different foghorns up and down the coast from Sunderland to Hull and beyond.

  • @bluesrocker91
    @bluesrocker91 7 лет назад +3743

    The loneliest sound in the world.

    • @mrbubbav674
      @mrbubbav674 7 лет назад +91

      The Paranoid Blues Man and the most depressed sound of the world

    • @troypulcifer7140
      @troypulcifer7140 6 лет назад +24

      The Paranoid Blues Man More sounds like a Godzilla fart

    • @paulchappell9606
      @paulchappell9606 6 лет назад +1

      So true

    • @mcnagynorbi
      @mcnagynorbi 6 лет назад +4

      LOL Currently there is 404 likes on this comment.

    • @misunderstoodswami8272
      @misunderstoodswami8272 6 лет назад +2

      Gunna hate me for this but 667

  • @notgaryoldman1178
    @notgaryoldman1178 5 лет назад +533

    The cinematography in this video is just excellent. Great editing and direction as well. Thank you for uploading to this site a video that actually makes good use of proper filmic conventions. I find that I keep coming back to this video just to...well, _watch_ it!

    • @mohammadamir4486
      @mohammadamir4486 5 лет назад +1

      Wow is that you gary oldman?

    • @thebusterdog921
      @thebusterdog921 5 лет назад

      You're easy to please obviously. 2:23 of my life I'll never get back.

  • @Mangoboi699
    @Mangoboi699 9 месяцев назад +1

    Pov: you looked up fog horn because of that dog howling

  • @ProviceUnity
    @ProviceUnity 2 года назад

    "" so sad. I was thought that this thing still working in standard mode

  • @gambeerSagr-ow2lj
    @gambeerSagr-ow2lj 8 месяцев назад

    Scientific way of saying hello 👋 😂

  • @ranmolo9462
    @ranmolo9462 2 года назад

    The horn of Helm Hammerhand shall sound in the Deep, one last time!

  • @snicketysnickets
    @snicketysnickets 5 лет назад +46

    What on Earth is this and why am I watching and enjoying this?

  • @copee2960
    @copee2960 3 года назад +9

    In 1988 i left school at 16 and went straight into the british MN...sailed all arond the Uk Shetlands and the outer hebs....remember the old officers calling me up onto the bridge to show or would that be hear these magical and haunting sounds...trust sailing through dense fog at night and hearing these majestic boom of these fog horns...lets just say i decided to put my book 2

  • @mohdsanijapar7142
    @mohdsanijapar7142 2 года назад +1

    Film of the Fog ....i remember

  • @timdelpans6117
    @timdelpans6117 7 лет назад +6

    The bronze casing with the spinning rod is the siren it has two cylinders with slots that are spun by an air motor (powered by the coding mechanism) then a large amount of stored air is released into the spinning cylinders and up through the horn to give the sound

  • @casvian1215
    @casvian1215 4 года назад +6

    RUclips: exactly at this moment.
    Me at 2am: Aint no better way to sleep hearing this last sound.

    • @aleksseb5504
      @aleksseb5504 4 года назад +1

      Are you an Asian Elon Musk?

  • @thebobloblawshow8832
    @thebobloblawshow8832 4 года назад +5193

    I don’t know why I find this so cool. I love the way it was filmed. Someone has a knack for cinematography. Aces man.

    • @jjjamieson4740
      @jjjamieson4740  4 года назад +273

      Thanks Bob, I appreciate it!

    • @thebobloblawshow8832
      @thebobloblawshow8832 4 года назад +59

      JJ Jamieson : you did a great job. 👍👍🇨🇦

    • @dirtbikedude1325
      @dirtbikedude1325 4 года назад +8

      I find it really cool to lol 😂

    • @das3930
      @das3930 4 года назад +9

      bruuh the suspense gived me anxiety

    • @n8dagr881
      @n8dagr881 4 года назад +8

      I personally never seen a fog horn so I love the way it was filmed and it helps me know how they work, really cool

  • @ringandpinion3064
    @ringandpinion3064 2 года назад +448

    I'm a retired compressor mechanic and have worked on a variety of other industrial machines, that would now be considered antiques. There is a great sense of satisfaction in watching the old mechanism work, even if it is for nothing more than nostalgia.

    • @santiagogiuntoli6726
      @santiagogiuntoli6726 7 месяцев назад +11

      Can relate... theres something uniquely soothing and captivating you only find on those old machines running slow and healthy. Almost trascendental, or probably indeed so.

    • @Thomas-xm5ym
      @Thomas-xm5ym 2 месяца назад

      What powers it?

  • @justinavery9793
    @justinavery9793 4 года назад +13556

    The buildup to the horn blowing was rather intense, especially the clicking gears. Pretty cool.

  • @McHeisenburger
    @McHeisenburger 3 года назад +4823

    How to _really_ piss off your neighbors in 319 easy steps.

    • @XNos2018
      @XNos2018 3 года назад +46

      Well that's alot of steps

    • @wkslicex2508
      @wkslicex2508 3 года назад +89

      @@XNos2018 but they're easy

    • @theexchipmunk
      @theexchipmunk 3 года назад +30

      Nah, this is professional level. You can just build a air raid siren from a bench grinder and some scrap wood.

    • @aidanokeeffe7928
      @aidanokeeffe7928 3 года назад +3

      Perfect number of likes

    • @XNos2018
      @XNos2018 3 года назад +3

      The communit say 319 steps
      well you 319 likes
      So good

  • @mischa8752
    @mischa8752 5 лет назад +8693

    The enemy is being reinforced by a Dreadnought

  • @deuswilktm7341
    @deuswilktm7341 4 года назад +1576

    Can't explain why, but this video is so satisfying.
    Shots are great, sound is perfect... It just make me feel warm inside.
    Great job!

    • @TheCryptKeeper8
      @TheCryptKeeper8 4 года назад +20

      Probably because there's no stupid, so-called, atmospheric music. It is what it is and nothing more; super stuff.

    • @matteod7317
      @matteod7317 4 года назад +9

      It's called ASMR

    • @salmiano2094
      @salmiano2094 4 года назад +1

      I get chills every time. I couldnt agree more

    • @ZilogBob
      @ZilogBob 4 года назад +1

      You must be an engineer or at least one of us who loves engineering.

    • @deuswilktm7341
      @deuswilktm7341 4 года назад +1

      @@ZilogBob Well, yeah. On road to become one :)

  • @qu1ck_silver194
    @qu1ck_silver194 4 года назад +2616

    "Gondor calls for aid!"
    - "And Rohan will answer!"

    • @marcusmp72025
      @marcusmp72025 4 года назад +61

      I never thought I’d die fighting side by side with an elf.
      Legolas: How about side by side with a friend?
      Gimli: Aye. I could do that.

    • @UNC030
      @UNC030 4 года назад +24

      "Muster the Rohirrim !"

    • @judgedreddthelaw3418
      @judgedreddthelaw3418 4 года назад +4

      LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Dude that was great!

    • @DeathByLego
      @DeathByLego 4 года назад +7

      I see you’re also a man of DEEEEEEEAAAAATTH

    • @subscriberwithoutanyvide-rq5ym
      @subscriberwithoutanyvide-rq5ym 4 года назад +3

      Hey
      My name is Rohan

  • @vbsing4469
    @vbsing4469 5 лет назад +4226

    RUclips: *recommended* “fog horn sound”
    Me at 2am: 😳

  • @space_1073
    @space_1073 2 года назад +1558

    Unintentionally the best example of building ambience and tension with editing on youtube.

  • @jatinsingh8217
    @jatinsingh8217 5 лет назад +700

    Me:* has exam next day
    My brain: Wonder how a Sumburgh Foghorn sounds like

  • @pantstime4529
    @pantstime4529 5 лет назад +1192

    I feel like i’m watching a wes anderson film

  • @wowaddict878
    @wowaddict878 4 года назад +3813

    Man this thing takes a while to set up!
    "Oi Dave, fogs here mate"
    "Yeah alright let me set up the Foghorn"
    "Fogs gone Dave"

    • @AnDiHaZeKaYe
      @AnDiHaZeKaYe 3 года назад +94

      Poor dave 🤣

    • @SoapMcCallister
      @SoapMcCallister 3 года назад +64

      Dave be like: bruh

    • @chucke_chez2873
      @chucke_chez2873 3 года назад +10

      no why they exist there purpose is to help sailors find dock

    • @Hirsutechin
      @Hirsutechin 3 года назад +7

      But they would run as long as there was fuel in the tank: weeks, if necessary.

    • @honkifrog8458
      @honkifrog8458 3 года назад +22

      Idk why but i read this in scottish accent

  • @doug8525
    @doug8525 Год назад +66

    I saw the title and figured this will be boring. A guy will flip a switch, the compressor will start, and when there’s enough pressure, pull a rope and the horn blows, simple. I had no idea it was a cool setup like this. I’m glad I watched. Very cool!

  • @4dshow
    @4dshow 5 лет назад +2191

    That’s the sound a dad makes blowing his nose into a hankie.

  • @RobinK
    @RobinK 6 лет назад +4052

    "The horn of Helm Hammerhand shall sound in the deep... one last time."

    • @cardboardguy1444
      @cardboardguy1444 6 лет назад +42

      Robin you deserve more likes

    • @jibbsmckenze7555
      @jibbsmckenze7555 6 лет назад +49

      And horn sound from rohan

    • @nabilbeg9906
      @nabilbeg9906 6 лет назад +72

      Now to wrath, now to ruin.

    • @MrCraftboy29
      @MrCraftboy29 6 лет назад +32

      If I heard that I would think that was a Tripod out at sea and I would be GTFO.

    • @pacampara123
      @pacampara123 6 лет назад +19

      LOOL that was literally the first quote that came to my head! Then right as I scrolled your comment was the first to come up lmfao!
      Fell deeds awake....

  • @stephengedra1833
    @stephengedra1833 2 года назад +800

    Came here after reading Ray Bradbury's short story, "The Foghorn," and I'm reminded of this passage in particular:
    "One day many years ago a man walked along and stood in the sound of the ocean on a cold sunless shore and said, 'We need a voice to call across the water, to warn ships; I'll make one. I'll make a voice like all of time and all of the fog that ever was; I'll make a voice that is like an empty bed beside you all night long, and like an empty house when you open the door, and like trees in autumn with no leaves. A sound like the birds flying south, crying, and a sound like November wind and the sea on the hard, cold shore. I'll make a sound that's so alone that no one can miss it, that whoever hears it will weep in their souls, and hearts will seem warmer, and being inside will seem better to all who hear it in the distant towns. I'll make me a sound and an apparatus and they'll call it a Fog Horn and whoever hears it will know the sadness of eternity and the briefness of life'."...

  • @surrealboy1390
    @surrealboy1390 6 лет назад +4414

    2:02 when you push your desk across the floor

    • @erikgratela2659
      @erikgratela2659 6 лет назад +33

      Surreal Boy lol. Heavy wood screech xD

    • @caderamsey8878
      @caderamsey8878 6 лет назад +35

      Surreal Boy
      *Let me Move this Over heeeerrreeeee*

    • @christopherd2100
      @christopherd2100 6 лет назад +23

      Floor, "Let me sing you the song of my people"...

    • @tystetas
      @tystetas 6 лет назад +1

      xd

    • @CSOINFINITY
      @CSOINFINITY 6 лет назад +2

      thats why u lift it and dont push it.

  • @27julio
    @27julio 4 года назад +2082

    Meanwhile people in a country nearby recording noises that they can't explain 🤣🤣🤣

    • @23Paddy32
      @23Paddy32 4 года назад +18

      Hahaha :D Mystery solved

    • @whogavehimafork
      @whogavehimafork 4 года назад +118

      People in Belfast: HORNS IN THE SKY THE LORD RETURNS, REPENT YOU HEATHENS!

    • @lynxb8576
      @lynxb8576 4 года назад +8

      This is the best comment 😂😂

    • @anillusion4046
      @anillusion4046 4 года назад +5

      Hahahaha I thought of the same thing.

    • @OnlyGrafting
      @OnlyGrafting 4 года назад +5

      Norwegians pure shitting themselves like

  • @ykitskanyenorth847
    @ykitskanyenorth847 2 года назад +198

    This video is shot and cut so beautifully I haven’t even heard the horn and I’m still enthralled

    • @jjjamieson4740
      @jjjamieson4740  2 года назад +21

      Thankyou, that's really kind of you to say so!

  • @cameroff
    @cameroff 4 года назад +3113

    "Foghorn Technician" is the greatest job title I've ever heard

    • @bradenpotato9814
      @bradenpotato9814 4 года назад +29

      Foghorn Technicians Apprentice

    • @louiskirollos7583
      @louiskirollos7583 4 года назад +7

      Thank you ;)

    • @lucastucker63
      @lucastucker63 4 года назад +1

      Ikr

    • @the_original_Bilb_Ono
      @the_original_Bilb_Ono 4 года назад +18

      Being a technician of anything is pretty cool. If you love your work then you don't work a day in your life.

    • @W0ND3RB0Y1
      @W0ND3RB0Y1 4 года назад +5

      Can't imagine this is something that would catch on tho.. Everything is becoming simpler, and look at this stuff? It's quite complicated..

  • @Fish-kz8xw
    @Fish-kz8xw 5 лет назад +850

    Guy: starts the horn
    The island: *starts moving*

    • @conmcgrath7502
      @conmcgrath7502 4 года назад +2

      Did you mean to say 'mooing'?

    • @reclamaris
      @reclamaris 4 года назад +2

      Lol

    • @ollie7070
      @ollie7070 4 года назад +2

      RUN, ITS COMING!

    • @moontrooper2587
      @moontrooper2587 4 года назад +10

      “What about island? 3 Miles East!”
      “No, it’s 2 miles, Sir!”
      “1- 1 mile, Sir!”
      “... It’s getting closer!”
      “How the hell can it be getting closer?!”
      ....
      “... Kaiju....”

  • @SpicyRaiderAnimations
    @SpicyRaiderAnimations 4 года назад +2762

    I can imagine that sound would be freaking terrifying in a dark night...

    • @dundonrl
      @dundonrl 4 года назад +121

      Yes it would be, if you can't see the shore. Best thing to do drop your anchor and wait till daylight to enter the harbor.

    • @Gribbo9999
      @Gribbo9999 4 года назад +96

      But very comforting on a vessel out in fog before electronic aids made knowing your position at sea a trivial matter!

    • @roddydykes7053
      @roddydykes7053 4 года назад +70

      SpicyRaider not as terrifying as the sound of the hull splitting open on some rocks you’ve just smashed into

    • @imbhulu
      @imbhulu 4 года назад +11

      But in the 1800s, you could call batman with it.

    • @daymondsawyer9605
      @daymondsawyer9605 4 года назад +8

      @@imbhulu you're thinking of a lighthouse

  • @harrybarry2291
    @harrybarry2291 Год назад +47

    From the U.S. Hoo-Ray for Brian. This is a work of art. The sound has the true character of a fog horn. Not like the cheap new electronic weak kneed fog horns, no comparison. This should be preserved forever.

    • @jjjamieson4740
      @jjjamieson4740  Год назад +8

      Thanks Harry, I'll pass that onto Brian, he'll be delighted!

    • @harrybarry2291
      @harrybarry2291 Год назад +2

      @@jjjamieson4740 Thanks JJ. Both of you might like to see and hear my 500 pound Type "F", Diaphone fog horn on my you tube posting, Real Foghorns.

  • @andrew5184
    @andrew5184 4 года назад +876

    I guess I didn’t realize there was so much involved sounding the horn!

    • @bensmith4563
      @bensmith4563 4 года назад +34

      Its really just 2 big old air compressors storage tanks and a timer

    • @andrew5184
      @andrew5184 4 года назад +65

      Ben Smith Still more than I thought. I assumed it was some guy blowing a trombone into a PA system.

    • @Blast-Forward
      @Blast-Forward 4 года назад +3

      @@andrew5184 PA system with such old technology? 😂

    • @andrew5184
      @andrew5184 4 года назад +8

      BlastForward I mean, I was kind of making a joke, but PA systems aren’t exactly new technology. And trombones predate both!

    • @onarix
      @onarix 4 года назад +16

      @@bensmith4563 that's the fart of a thousand beans

  • @tonycampbell5847
    @tonycampbell5847 5 лет назад +279

    “So what’s all the machinery for?”
    “Big toot”

  • @beef633
    @beef633 5 лет назад +2664

    "Quick Bob sound the horn that ship is gonna crash!"
    **45mins later, still carefully squirting oil**
    Dammit Bob

    • @captain_noo
      @captain_noo 4 года назад +49

      You had one job Bob!

    • @MushVPeets
      @MushVPeets 4 года назад +36

      @@captain_noo You had one Bob job!

    • @GM_-
      @GM_- 4 года назад +3

      😅😅😅

    • @thecommenter578
      @thecommenter578 4 года назад +26

      Bro, lubrication is always important. *ALWAYS*

    • @charlesmitchell3009
      @charlesmitchell3009 4 года назад +3

      His name is Brian

  • @jimmylostigen6023
    @jimmylostigen6023 7 лет назад +1913

    I loved the wordless documentary storytelling! :)

    • @polarweis
      @polarweis 6 лет назад +1

      Jimmy Lostigen .

    • @landableo675
      @landableo675 6 лет назад

      Agree

    • @craigmulcahy2759
      @craigmulcahy2759 6 лет назад +3

      Yeah
      Everything I wanted to know delivered within my attention span it would of taken channel 5 an hour to do that

    • @hendrakurniawan8521
      @hendrakurniawan8521 6 лет назад

      Any suggestion link of video or channel on youtube of that?

    • @copperboltwire320
      @copperboltwire320 6 лет назад +1

      "Show, don't tell." Often speaks greater volumes.

  • @Matteus733
    @Matteus733 5 лет назад +935

    Interesting video didn’t realise so much went into it.. also was waiting for a Viking longship to come out of the mist at the end

    • @dboy4ever
      @dboy4ever 5 лет назад +10

      SHIELD WALL!!

    • @NJPurling
      @NJPurling 5 лет назад +12

      Those Vikings were probably wondering if they had been welcomed to Valhalla by Odin himself blowing his horn. Nope... You lads just got lost.

    • @brentbowman4498
      @brentbowman4498 5 лет назад +1

      VIKING SHIPS COME OUT OF THE MIST OMINOUS SIGHT!!!!

  • @B.M666
    @B.M666 4 года назад +4026

    Imagine you hear this Horn and a few secounds later you see the Silhouette of Cthulhu in the Fog far away

    • @subhanbasumatary9879
      @subhanbasumatary9879 4 года назад +45

      I know many people won't get it 😉 👾

    • @muntahi4383
      @muntahi4383 4 года назад +48

      impending doom approaches

    • @King_Jimbo
      @King_Jimbo 4 года назад +61

      Plot twist: that’s exactly why they made this horn. They just don’t want anyone knowing until it’s time to prepare.

    • @elcretin0605
      @elcretin0605 4 года назад +7

      or godzilla

    • @B.M666
      @B.M666 4 года назад +21

      @@elcretin0605 yea but to be fair. Godzilla kinda accepted humans as far as i know.. Cthulhu on the other hand would mean Death and absolute madness

  • @Elephantine999
    @Elephantine999 5 месяцев назад +5

    Love the old and beautifully maintained mechanical equipment.

  • @ozone-xv7hk
    @ozone-xv7hk 4 года назад +1551

    The sound of that horn with the misty, empty road is sobering and mournful.

    • @OnlyGrafting
      @OnlyGrafting 4 года назад +10

      Anywhere North of the cairngorms is like that at least once in the summer.

    • @__L_S_B__
      @__L_S_B__ 4 года назад +6

      Light stations are the coolest!!

    • @maxmdmc7435
      @maxmdmc7435 4 года назад +2

      ozone8714 it’s weird to think I live here and there is 4mil views on this, idk, it just surprises me

    • @AwesomeDream12
      @AwesomeDream12 4 года назад +1

      how poetic

    • @benjohnson7148
      @benjohnson7148 4 года назад +1

      Did you watch the lighthouse?

  • @cortanaai5083
    @cortanaai5083 5 лет назад +558

    I feel like i can conquer the world with that horn on my side

    • @Crazylom
      @Crazylom 5 лет назад

      All we have to do is find a huge bro who has enouth lungs to use this shit. Just imagine how it will blew away towwns...

    • @cortanaai5083
      @cortanaai5083 5 лет назад

      @@Crazylom Yess😂😂😂

    • @rjles_
      @rjles_ 5 лет назад +3

      Cortana AI first you need to learn to conquer your spelling tests before you conquer the world

    • @cortanaai5083
      @cortanaai5083 5 лет назад

      @@rjles_ 😂😂true true

  • @hertzer2000
    @hertzer2000 6 лет назад +846

    Such beautiful suspense throughout. Well made.

    • @dragondancer1814
      @dragondancer1814 6 лет назад +4

      I hear that! LOVE the close-ups of the different parts operating and setting up for the blast. There's definitely something to be said for old-fashioned machinery. Modern electronics just can't improve on some forms of perfection!

    • @vinstual9830
      @vinstual9830 5 лет назад +3

      yeah. the sound of a desk moving on the floor is truly amazing.

    • @dexterw8353
      @dexterw8353 5 лет назад +1

      Sorry I can’t take you seriously when I look at your profile picture

    • @knucklebaby1
      @knucklebaby1 5 лет назад

      Zappa👍👍👍

  • @geckosean1995
    @geckosean1995 11 месяцев назад +8

    I just wanted to say I periodically revisit this video because I love it so much. The simplicity, the sounds, the masterful editing. It always gives me goosebumps.

  • @kingOfTheStreets100
    @kingOfTheStreets100 5 лет назад +1522

    “Sir sound the alarm!!!!”
    *15 minutes later, and halfway through the start-up process*
    “Sir the ship has smashed into the rocks and everyone is dead...”

    • @thanos4959
      @thanos4959 5 лет назад

      Josh King sounds about right

  • @EnergyOfQi
    @EnergyOfQi 5 лет назад +404

    Imagine just hearing that in the distance bruh like that kinda intimidating, very cool video tho

    • @bruh_cringe06
      @bruh_cringe06 4 года назад +1

      Bruh

    • @robertallen6710
      @robertallen6710 4 года назад

      Intimidating?...nahhh

    • @chickennuggetsonastick2388
      @chickennuggetsonastick2388 4 года назад

      Alec’s Stuff I’d be fucking terrified

    • @ridered7262
      @ridered7262 4 года назад

      Oh no way, It's so cool I love that sound. Hell I live in Az and look forward to going to the ocean and hearing that.

    • @Engelbird
      @Engelbird 4 года назад

      i'd shit the bed.

  • @louismethe8464
    @louismethe8464 Год назад +8

    This is truly a masterpiece.
    To us contemporary navigators, fog signals are obsolete as electronic nav instruments give us a continuous and accurate position in almost every circumstances.
    However, even today they remain spooky and hit our imagination as by definition they indicate dangers: Hearing this in the distance without knowing where you are must have felt like wolves howling to a moose.

    • @shinobuoshino5066
      @shinobuoshino5066 Год назад

      What kind of shitty navigator can't tell where the sound is coming from?

  • @ayrtoncoetzee1546
    @ayrtoncoetzee1546 4 года назад +641

    Imagine hearing that at night all alone in the fog.

    • @ac06god1
      @ac06god1 4 года назад +25

      Ayrton Coetzee imagine hearing the chicago tornado siren alone in the fog that is the end of the world siren

    • @roundish7796
      @roundish7796 4 года назад +16

      Imagine that is my truck horn to get mother fuckers out of my way

    • @blitzkrieg7353
      @blitzkrieg7353 4 года назад +7

      Siren Head? Holy fucking shit

    • @AleLGB
      @AleLGB 4 года назад +2

      @@blitzkrieg7353 I guess I couldn't describe how much I would shit myself if that would ever happen

    • @capnskiddies
      @capnskiddies 4 года назад +2

      Hard a starboard

  • @factstudioofficial93
    @factstudioofficial93 3 года назад +1889

    I feel like everything in this video is so clean and peaceful.

    • @hmcredfed1836
      @hmcredfed1836 3 года назад +17

      Tröööööööööööööö Trööööööööööööööö

    • @robotkabot7541
      @robotkabot7541 3 года назад +18

      Exactly. It's like mechanics asmr

    • @adrianthoroughgood1191
      @adrianthoroughgood1191 3 года назад +9

      Quiet, peaceful, serene. That is, until Bert Racoon wakes up!

    • @brendenpischke6060
      @brendenpischke6060 3 года назад +1

      @@adrianthoroughgood1191 Oh. My. God. I forgot about that show! Thank you for that.

    • @TheBryce98
      @TheBryce98 3 года назад +7

      Along with the vintage charm of the old machinery in the engine room, and the pendulum clock timer.
      Just 😌👌

  • @kleropunt277
    @kleropunt277 5 лет назад +2778

    2:00 you can hear Chewbacca stepping on a Lego

  • @ExAnimoPortugal
    @ExAnimoPortugal 2 года назад +19

    This man is an angel, guiding the souls of many sailors.

  • @fluffypuffyboy586
    @fluffypuffyboy586 4 года назад +3690

    engineers: how complicated should the horn be?
    everyone in the discussion:
    "Yes"

    • @exoticl0197
      @exoticl0197 3 года назад +3

      @@WillyJunior me

    • @andrew1898
      @andrew1898 3 года назад +49

      Lol its pretty simple actually. You should of seen the bombing alert horns the brits used. They were powered by v8 American motors lol. That horn uses the best tech avail at the time.

    • @qwertyuiop-rg4mj
      @qwertyuiop-rg4mj 3 года назад +23

      @@andrew1898 Not sure how common the Chrysler V8 were in Britain, the more common sirens were rotary, for example the Gents' Syren, Castle Castings Siren and the Carter Siren

    • @uwu_commrade1682
      @uwu_commrade1682 3 года назад +16

      It's a pretty basic design actually basically looks like some compressors like on a ship hooked up to a mechanical timer

    • @bodychoke
      @bodychoke 3 года назад +3

      Not funny. Be quiet.

  • @lisamena874
    @lisamena874 7 лет назад +2146

    This is so beautifully made

  • @jsra09
    @jsra09 5 лет назад +610

    Imagine his job description: "I tend to toot my horn a lot"

  • @jimbilton1956
    @jimbilton1956 Год назад +2

    Thank you for sharing this . As other commenters have said , the video is beautifully constructed. And what wonderful machinery, built to last several lifetimes. May I ask if you have any longer duration footage you could post, please?

  • @jlanderno
    @jlanderno 7 лет назад +880

    Now THIS is how all videos should be made. No music, no begging for likes or subscribers, and no endless blabbing before getting to the damn point. Well done!

    • @nightmareinaction629
      @nightmareinaction629 6 лет назад +1

      Joey Landerno ikr

    • @hellsonion514
      @hellsonion514 6 лет назад +6

      owh mai gawd gaiz i have this merch (which is just a shirt with my shitty logo on it) if yoo wike and subskwibe so i dont have to get a jawb thatd be sho great this is so cool its like a foghorn and stuff wow its so louad how kewl!!!

    • @omkr0122
      @omkr0122 6 лет назад +1

      Joey Landerno well said

    • @waynemetevia7983
      @waynemetevia7983 6 лет назад +1

      Amen brother! Amen!

    • @treadtyred9742
      @treadtyred9742 6 лет назад +2

      Music all of its own. In fact all of it would make a great start to a song.

  • @assu4lt
    @assu4lt 6 лет назад +170

    I was expecting to be dissapointed and hearing an MLG horn
    Instead
    I was not ready for this beauty

    • @Corvid
      @Corvid 6 лет назад +3

      AHA yeah, I was expecting ear rape Smashmouth or Big Smoke going "AwwwWWWWW!, and the seagulls to drop dead out of the sky.

  • @lowlightevangelist9431
    @lowlightevangelist9431 3 года назад +2082

    When engines were made to last centuries...

    • @ShainAndrews
      @ShainAndrews 3 года назад +138

      That is the only true way to measure quality. Low hours, low power output. consistent operating environment... yup that is quality.

    • @accountname9506
      @accountname9506 3 года назад +8

      I mean what's the point in that? Even if it's static, you'll be getting it replaced in 2-3 decades at the most because things just get better.

    • @lowlightevangelist9431
      @lowlightevangelist9431 3 года назад +21

      @@accountname9506We have planes from the 50s and trains over 100 and automobiles and some old sewing machines too, America.

    • @accountname9506
      @accountname9506 3 года назад +14

      @@lowlightevangelist9431 All the planes from the 50s are typically owned by private citizens, they aren't used by anyone doing serious things for the most part. What are you talking about 'automobiles'. And 'old sewing machines' used by some hobbyist doesn't count and you know it.

    • @DevSolar
      @DevSolar 3 года назад +35

      @@accountname9506 We have a groundwater pump in our basement. Roundabout 80 years old. We had an O-ring replaced when I was a kid, and that is about it. What is there "better" to replace it with?

  • @Zechariah340
    @Zechariah340 2 года назад +5

    My grandfather would say:
    "Beautiful, just like a well oiled machine."

  • @manus.P118.8
    @manus.P118.8 5 лет назад +535

    Lived next to the river forth as a child and I will never forget the fog horn , I loved it especially when going to sleep.

    • @harleymurphy9025
      @harleymurphy9025 5 лет назад +15

      MMC 33 are u being sarcastic

    • @RaghabPanigrahi
      @RaghabPanigrahi 5 лет назад +5

      Hi, so wat was the horns purpose ?
      Was it to aware the the passing by ships ?
      Like land is near or take precautions as its foggy or something..??
      Just curious :)

    • @spaghettimonster6808
      @spaghettimonster6808 5 лет назад +17

      @@RaghabPanigrahi its to warn passing ships that land is near at difficult weather conditions

    • @mikaeluhl
      @mikaeluhl 5 лет назад +1

      Im also curious if thats a joke or not 😂

    • @wayne20uk
      @wayne20uk 5 лет назад +15

      @@mikaeluhl some ppl prefer noise for sleeping, its a habit from childhoods, i used to fall asleep while the hoover was on n now as an adult the sound of hoovers makes me tired and calm

  • @seabarstwo1589
    @seabarstwo1589 4 года назад +485

    Silent hill veterans : *Ahhh shit. Here we go again*

    • @evilsharkey8954
      @evilsharkey8954 4 года назад +6

      Stalkuru, I thought Silent Hill had an air raid siren.

    • @VadimKudim
      @VadimKudim 4 года назад +8

      @@evilsharkey8954 Yeah. We have one of those damn things in the neighborhood several times a day, followed by the announcement to stay at homes because of COVID-19. Pretty startling sometimes.

    • @FNAFNicky
      @FNAFNicky 4 месяца назад +1

      [Big Smoke] ALL HAVE TO DO WAS BLOW THE HORN, CJ!!!!!

  • @vnth2186
    @vnth2186 5 лет назад +671

    Still not louder than dads sneezing
    ¯\_ಠ_ಠ_/¯

    • @yottaforce
      @yottaforce 5 лет назад +6

      The fillings in my teeth keep falling out.

    • @subscribeorsus6862
      @subscribeorsus6862 5 лет назад +1

      @@yottaforce hi Dad!

    • @Pacific0_
      @Pacific0_ 5 лет назад +1

      🐉✔

    • @vnth2186
      @vnth2186 5 лет назад +1

      @@Pacific0_ ✌🏼 bro give me a mention in the post on Instagram. Its alpha_hunter21

    • @ammo1296.
      @ammo1296. 5 лет назад

      Translesbian Helicopter hi dad, I’m dad

  • @windshearahead7012
    @windshearahead7012 4 года назад +3830

    Lets be honest you didn’t actually search for this

    • @oldnick4707
      @oldnick4707 4 года назад +17

      Same, didn't search for this.

    • @Turbodog1
      @Turbodog1 4 года назад +46

      RUclips knows what I like

    • @djskullboy2871
      @djskullboy2871 4 года назад +116

      Lets be honest you’re not actually original for commenting that

    • @ryuzakiazzouz6964
      @ryuzakiazzouz6964 4 года назад +12

      I did six months ago but today I didn't

    • @jimothyus
      @jimothyus 4 года назад +4

      Thank god i found it though

  • @Knappist
    @Knappist 3 года назад +494

    What a haunting sound, love it just a shame we have lost them in general use around the UK coast 🙁

    • @noelwallace5257
      @noelwallace5257 2 года назад +13

      I agree, living in south west Cornwall on the coast in Mounts Bay….. don’t hear them, wish I did!

    • @soupisgoodfood923
      @soupisgoodfood923 2 года назад +6

      I live in Guernsey and we get foghorns but not as cool sounding as this one

    • @cianmoriarty7345
      @cianmoriarty7345 Год назад +2

      Really?! Weird 😬

    • @dominos6576
      @dominos6576 Год назад +4

      Yeah, satellite and computing technology have done that.

    • @thesierrastandard7281
      @thesierrastandard7281 Год назад +9

      foghorns in the San Francisco Bay Area still sound like these lucky for us!

  • @bedtundy4793
    @bedtundy4793 4 года назад +412

    "The Horn of Helm Hammerhand, will sound in the deep. One last time!"

  • @robertgable2544
    @robertgable2544 4 года назад +631

    Me when my parents are still asleep: *tiptoes around, making sure not to make a noise*
    My parents when I'm asleep:

    • @rjp801
      @rjp801 4 года назад

      stupid phucking idiot STFU

    • @auser2045
      @auser2045 4 года назад +21

      @@rjp801 why you so salty?

    • @wackey2k10
      @wackey2k10 4 года назад +5

      @@rjp801 lol relax there, kid

    • @jblakeplays2541
      @jblakeplays2541 4 года назад +1

      @@auser2045 He's been out at sea for too long...

    • @penkatadrums
      @penkatadrums 4 года назад +1

      Dude ur 28 you should move out already...

  • @dalva91
    @dalva91 4 года назад +1622

    “Why's it bad luck to kill a gull? “
    - “In 'ems the souls of sailors what met their maker.”

    • @larrybaken595
      @larrybaken595 4 года назад +39

      I literally finished watching that 2 hours ago, what a masterpiece! Randomly saw this and clicked because that sounds was fresh in my mind and was interested

    • @OEGOD
      @OEGOD 4 года назад +9

      Fantastic movie. Seen it twice since it's release.

    • @Goobie-
      @Goobie- 4 года назад +5

      @@OEGOD can i get your opinion on why is it a fantastic movie? I watched it and I felt like i wasted 2 hours, staring at a wall would be more entertaining, i just didn't get it.

    • @1jackct
      @1jackct 4 года назад +5

      @@larrybaken595 what movie?

    • @yaku1203
      @yaku1203 4 года назад +3

      what movie

  • @Sultan_Kash
    @Sultan_Kash 3 года назад +879

    0:20 He is lubricating the high pressure air compressor to prevent overheating. While also adjusting some of its equipment.
    0:41 Turns on the high pressure air compressor. (Equipment used to compress air to a higher psi, so when the foghorn is sounded the air is trying to escape the horn faster than low psi air)
    1:08 Opens the air bank valve (the high pressure air compressor stores high pressure air here for later use. By opening this valve he is most likely opening 2 pathways: 1 from the compressor to the bank, 2 from the bank to the foghorn)
    1:33 Most likely a crude timer for the foghorn. Most countries use a time base for how frequent they sound their foghorns. U.S. is roughly every 2 minutes.

    • @Sultan_Kash
      @Sultan_Kash 3 года назад +3

      @Mathew Ross You would think right?

    • @michaelkhoo5846
      @michaelkhoo5846 2 года назад +14

      Thank you.

    • @mikecorleone6797
      @mikecorleone6797 2 года назад +15

      The port of LA sounds the angels gate twice every 60 seconds when it’s foggy due to the high traffic in and out of the port of la.. sadly it’s more of an electronic beep than a horn.. lot’s of fish around the rocks below the little light house building though

    • @joebloggs9719
      @joebloggs9719 2 года назад +3

      Great explanation 👌

    • @kfl611
      @kfl611 2 года назад +1

      Thank you so much for the explanation on what I watched, I was beyond clueless.

  • @WakeDaDead
    @WakeDaDead 5 лет назад +146

    Legolas -“That Is no orc horn”
    men yells - “Open the gates!”

  • @matthewholcombe5996
    @matthewholcombe5996 4 года назад +751

    Just imagine taking this to medieval times for war. Scare the shit out of the enemy

    • @Dakblasta
      @Dakblasta 4 года назад +4

      Lol foghorns aren’t for war tho

    • @hotgamesex182
      @hotgamesex182 4 года назад +43

      Dakota Williams that’s not the point he’s getting at

    • @Drelam
      @Drelam 4 года назад +23

      They'd think its judgement day

    • @steamyninja8881
      @steamyninja8881 4 года назад +50

      quantomlink456 • It’s extremely foggy, you’re about to run into battle alongside your hundreds and hundreds of allies. You all prep yourselves to run through the fog blind, knowing that your enemy lay on the other side, waiting to hear your war cries to ensue in a bloody battle to the death. That’s when through the blindness of the mist, far on the other side you hear the horn. You all freeze in place and you hear the captain say “By my by.. they have the gods themselves on their side..” You look up in complete fear, the blaring horn piercing your very sanity as this time it was the opposing side who’s war cries filled the air while your allies quiver in place, a solid portion of them dropping their arms and backing up before the fight had even started. This was the beginning of the end and you knew it.. then you poop inside your armor.

    • @blvd6653
      @blvd6653 4 года назад +8

      @@steamyninja8881 That was dopee

  • @nimmen
    @nimmen 6 лет назад +266

    I don't know why this was recommended to me, but it was beautiful

  • @BigMuff75
    @BigMuff75 2 года назад +4

    This is proably the most reassuring sound when you live in a place like this after a heavy storm.

  • @dat_squirrell_bish
    @dat_squirrell_bish 5 лет назад +886

    1:25 when it’s a minute left before summer break starts

    • @lewiq
      @lewiq 5 лет назад +7

      You’re a fucking comedic genius

    • @dylanbarnes6111
      @dylanbarnes6111 5 лет назад +6

      Summer summer summer summer

    • @hypercake9360
      @hypercake9360 5 лет назад +2

      Wow

    • @ZA-mb5di
      @ZA-mb5di 5 лет назад +1

      I resonated with that

    • @nunosousa8162
      @nunosousa8162 5 лет назад +2

      *High School Musical wants to know your location*

  • @michak3729
    @michak3729 4 года назад +238

    When Christopher Nolan makes a movie. And at the beginning there is such a sound you know that the movie will be good.

  • @xmtryanx
    @xmtryanx Год назад +3

    This is the most fascinating video, thank you! I love all the old technology still serving a very real purpose.

    • @jjjamieson4740
      @jjjamieson4740  Год назад +1

      Thanks Michael, I appreciate that!

    • @forestghost7
      @forestghost7 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@jjjamieson4740yes thanks for this! I own a 52 yr old British car that still serves it's purpose, built to last 🇬🇧

    • @jjjamieson4740
      @jjjamieson4740  10 месяцев назад

      @@forestghost7 Awesome! What model is the car?

    • @forestghost7
      @forestghost7 10 месяцев назад

      @@jjjamieson4740 firstly, THANKS for re - igniting my dormant passion for lighthouses, life got in the way ya know. The car's a 1972 MGB/GT ... we all know the reputation of Brit cars lol, but I got a good one. What a trooper it is 👍, just completed a 3000 mi. round trip Florida - N. Carolina. More to tell you if you like, just ask! 🙂

    • @jjjamieson4740
      @jjjamieson4740  10 месяцев назад

      @@forestghost7 Beautiful car! Soft or hard top?

  • @Incountry
    @Incountry 4 года назад +1015

    I’m married, so it’s not the loudest thing I’ve heard...

  • @cooldog2116
    @cooldog2116 6 лет назад +335

    I hope this comes up on my exam tomorrow!

    • @edenfeledrum1540
      @edenfeledrum1540 6 лет назад +3

      Cool Dog did it come up in your exam?

    • @cooldog2116
      @cooldog2116 6 лет назад +37

      Kevin Frank Unfortunately the oligopoly market structure came up this year on the economics exam instead of fog horns.

    • @chef9524
      @chef9524 5 лет назад +2

      Cool Dog I have exams tomorrow rip

    • @BeTRoNiCz
      @BeTRoNiCz 5 лет назад +2

      underrated comment

    • @dddf27
      @dddf27 5 лет назад

      I have an exams soon

  • @bkkaan52
    @bkkaan52 3 года назад +1098

    Imagine someone is paying you for doing this job and letting you live in that horn+light house combo. I burn my master's degree for this

    • @G_Moos
      @G_Moos 3 года назад +98

      Have you seen "the lighthouse"?

    • @samskisamsonof
      @samskisamsonof 3 года назад +2

      @@G_Moos lol

    • @b18c16
      @b18c16 3 года назад +20

      I didn’t even know “Foghorn Technicians” existed

    • @AK-tf3fc
      @AK-tf3fc 3 года назад +10

      @@G_Moos I was looking for this comment

    • @seanmccuen6970
      @seanmccuen6970 3 года назад +23

      and after 18 months, the men with butterfly nets would come to collect you.

  • @lorenzoreyes4832
    @lorenzoreyes4832 2 года назад +2

    Talk about an over build lol.. its crazy craftsmanship or something we can now do with a lil compressed air

  • @AntonyShannon
    @AntonyShannon 6 лет назад +704

    The sound could be heard up to 20 miles away in poor visibility. It was last used in 1987

    • @eddherring4972
      @eddherring4972 5 лет назад +269

      And how far away can it be heard in good visibility? 😆

    • @awsomesauce03
      @awsomesauce03 5 лет назад +118

      what are you on about. they just used it there now.

    • @analphabet1996
      @analphabet1996 5 лет назад +31

      @@eddherring4972 In all conditions 23 nautical miles (43 km; 26 mi)

    • @awsomesauce03
      @awsomesauce03 5 лет назад +22

      @WE WUZ VIKANGS!!! n shiet. this was clearly filmed recently your logic doesn't hold up.

    • @kevins971
      @kevins971 5 лет назад +4

      WE WUZ VIKANGS!!! n shiet. That makes no sense

  • @scopex2749
    @scopex2749 7 лет назад +887

    Superb engineering i love these old stationary engines slow but reliable like Swiss clocks!! I always wanted the job as a keeper sadly now all automatic :(((

    • @Shannmeister
      @Shannmeister 6 лет назад +17

      Loco Krazy Yep me too. A perfect job for me an introvert. :(

    • @doriangohdes5047
      @doriangohdes5047 6 лет назад +5

      Swiss clocks are slow? 😄

    • @michael7324
      @michael7324 6 лет назад +1

      Loco Krazy old Victoria era machinery. I have no proof it's Victorian but it sure looks old.

    • @davecrupel2817
      @davecrupel2817 6 лет назад +1

      A job you might like, fellow introvert, is a freight train conductor.
      Days traveling in nature.

  • @twanzwart
    @twanzwart 4 года назад +523

    Why does this keep getting recommended EVERY year or so? This is the third time I'm watching this satisfying video lmao

    • @kg4boj
      @kg4boj 4 года назад +28

      Google doesn't always take you where you want to go, sometimes it takes you to where you need to be.

    • @cosmicdraconian6712
      @cosmicdraconian6712 4 года назад +6

      @@kg4boj deep

    • @thewaterdude
      @thewaterdude 4 года назад +2

      The description says it's an annual thing, maybe this is recommended every time it's played

    • @etymos6644
      @etymos6644 4 года назад

      Every time it's seriously foggy.

    • @ralanham76
      @ralanham76 4 года назад +1

      Lucky you, I've just seen it once now

  • @ZAMATAEV
    @ZAMATAEV 2 года назад +2

    Какого хрена!!!!
    Почему у меня мурашки по коже побежали??!!

  • @shutupzach5759
    @shutupzach5759 4 года назад +319

    We’re being invaded! Sound the alarm!
    Three hours later

  • @mikerope5785
    @mikerope5785 3 года назад +613

    you know a sound is loud when it reflects off the clouds

    • @AlexIncarnate911
      @AlexIncarnate911 3 года назад +9

      I don't see it :(

    • @gm_construct_13_betaexplor38
      @gm_construct_13_betaexplor38 3 года назад +25

      @@AlexIncarnate911 you cant see sound, dumbass

    • @AlexIncarnate911
      @AlexIncarnate911 3 года назад +98

      @@gm_construct_13_betaexplor38 Sound waves have visible effects. He mentioned an effect on the clouds and I said I couldn't see it. You must be very confident in your own intelligence to call someone a dumbass like that, but again lower lifeforms like you often are ;)

    • @dadyjoe9721
      @dadyjoe9721 3 года назад +3

      yeah the wave is a weapon now days dont they got that tech no logic equipment created wave ...sounds at certains level can breaks wine glass..wave tech no logic

    • @Roger__Wilco
      @Roger__Wilco 3 года назад +8

      @@gm_construct_13_betaexplor38 Tell that to bats

  • @surtaandume_psykermystyk4010
    @surtaandume_psykermystyk4010 4 года назад +457

    Seagulls: 'THE GODHORNS!!! THE GODHORNS ARE SOUNDED!!!
    Also Seagulls: 'A SACRIFICE !!!
    A SACRIFICE!!! A SACRIFICE FOR THE HORNS!!!

    • @Bankable2790
      @Bankable2790 4 года назад +2

      Lmaoo

    • @PaulieTheDude
      @PaulieTheDude 3 года назад +14

      - WE NEED A POINTED STICK!!!
      - A STICK!! A STICK!! A STICK!! SSSTIICK...STICK, STICK, STICK, STICK,STICK,STICK,STICK!!!!

    • @Lolmomemt
      @Lolmomemt 3 года назад

      WE NEED SHELTER SHELTER SHELTER SHELTER AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

  • @pincomcial2664
    @pincomcial2664 Год назад +2

    Who the hell brought a parasaurolophus back to life man hell nah 💀💀

  • @Otaner142
    @Otaner142 7 лет назад +490

    Release the kraken .....

  • @bouchee2007
    @bouchee2007 3 года назад +265

    i love the simplicity of the video and how it covers everything. no crappy music, no voice overs.... just a great video

    • @aishamarquez4984
      @aishamarquez4984 2 года назад +6

      No demonic people speaking through it and ruining it with their dumb words

    • @scrungobeepis5443
      @scrungobeepis5443 Год назад +6

      Plus we get to see the cool machinery

    • @guts1859
      @guts1859 Год назад +2

      @@aishamarquez4984 Demonic people?

  • @TERRYBIGGENDEN
    @TERRYBIGGENDEN 7 лет назад +324

    Absolutely fantastic micro-documentary. What a find here! :-)

  • @edwardbaclawski3330
    @edwardbaclawski3330 Год назад +3

    OMG!!!!!!! This is beautiful! I appreciate this video greatly as a retired power plant operator who operated old school belt driven air compressors back in the day as well as maintained the city I live in air compressors and equipment that sounded the city's fire alarm system Gamewell Diaphone horns to alert the volunteer fire department to an alarm of fire

    • @jjjamieson4740
      @jjjamieson4740  Год назад +2

      Thankyou, I'm really glad you enjoyed the video. I'd love to have heard the Diaphone horns

  • @jdc2944
    @jdc2944 4 года назад +238

    I could imagine an alternate universe where it's all this build up and we get a squeak

    • @oldnick4707
      @oldnick4707 4 года назад +14

      Yep. That would've made a perfect Monty Python skit!

    • @LinKueiDragon
      @LinKueiDragon 4 года назад +3

      I can say for a fact that is true as there are multiple universes.

    • @oldnick4707
      @oldnick4707 4 года назад +1

      @@LinKueiDragon,
      I think that at least three or four of the 11 proposed must be 'squeakers'. :)

    • @MrFrinZy
      @MrFrinZy 4 года назад +1

      Lin Kuei Dragon
      Confirmed? Lol

    • @LinKueiDragon
      @LinKueiDragon 4 года назад

      @@MrFrinZy Yes

  • @krashd
    @krashd 4 года назад +453

    Radar and GPS spelled the end of the foghorn, no need for them now that vessels can see in zero visibility. It's a shame because they have such an amazing sound, I still get chills during the intro of the Hunt for Red October when you see the Red October leaving the Polyarny inlet with foghorns sounding in the background.

    • @phoenixrising4073
      @phoenixrising4073 4 года назад +7

      It was cold and hard that day.

    • @Kosh_Naranek.
      @Kosh_Naranek. 4 года назад +32

      Ships actually do still use fog horns regularly. Radar and GPS are extremely useful, but they go out far more often than you might think. Especially in high traffic areas near ports, even if all instruments are working right, many captains will still instruct that the foghorn be sounded regularly. You never know when a ship around you is going to have an instrument failure.

    • @SportSoulLife
      @SportSoulLife 4 года назад +13

      What Kosh Naranek said. The radar and the gps in particular are very useful tools for the officer on watch, but they should not become the navigators of the ship. Electronic devices can malfunction or display faulty information, foghorns and navigtional lights never lie.

    • @nomadben
      @nomadben 4 года назад +2

      I recommend watching The Lighthouse. It's an incredible movie, and has an intense, recurring foghorn in it.

    • @SportSoulLife
      @SportSoulLife 4 года назад +2

      SchoolTerrorist Ive rarely seen/heard fog horns from lighthouses, but the lights are still in use. Also lighthouses have a radar beacon that shows up as a morse letter on the radar screen which can be compred to the letter on the chart, so its impossible to miss it.
      We still use the lights from lighthouses though, along with large structures on land that when lined up show that you are in the middle of the fairway. Buoys are more like guidlines that should not be relied on as these can move due to ice, low tide + current or break free completely.

  • @SnowyIceCream
    @SnowyIceCream 4 года назад +157

    This comment is a meeting point. See you two years later when this vid will be in our recommendations again. May the youtube algorythm be with you.

    • @justadood5483
      @justadood5483 4 года назад

      I think it has been 2 years since the last time it was in my recommendations

    • @mike-vg6hl
      @mike-vg6hl 4 года назад +2

      It’s in my recommendations now. I will meet you in two years from now. You take the champagne.

  • @johnwood551
    @johnwood551 11 месяцев назад +2

    All that could be replaced with smaller more efficient devices today . So glad they kept that wonderful piece of machinery that still works so well. I love old technology like that ,especially when so well maintained.