Monday, September 4, 2017

Inubosaki lighthouse foghorn station papercraft


Lighthouses have been used for ages as visual beacons to warn ships that they were near the coast. But did you know they also used mechanical foghorns as audial signals!🔊

If you want to know what the one from Inubosaki sounds like, play the video below (but maybe turn lower your speaker volume first...)



Download + build your own papercraft (colour-yourself!) Inubosaki lighthouse foghorn station (by Inubosaki Brunton Association):
http://www.inubo.net/brunton/ppcraft.html

(click the grey "ペーパークラフト ダウンロード" button below the picture on the Inubosaki Brunton Association website)

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