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Crouse-Hinds Type DT Beacon |
Crouse-Hinds Type M Beacon |
Sargent-Sowell Internally Controlled Beacon |
W.S. Darley D130 "Special" Beacon |
As I develop this site, I am indexing it by signal manufacturers represented in the collection. In the close-up pages for each manufacturer I'll present the known history of the manufacturers and show the models represented from that manufacturer in the collection. This index will start with the major signal manufacturers in alphabetical order, followed by the more minor manufacturers. |
The collection presently includes an early cast iron single face beacon, a Type D beacon with down light, a DT 4-way beacon, two DT 4-ways, two DT art deco single face heads, a Type M 4-way beacon, a Type M 2-section 4-way, a Type M 3-section 4-way, a Type M single face head, and a Type R single face head. |
1953 DT from New Orleans.
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The collection presently includes an Eaglelux 2-color 4-way, Eaglelux "pagoda" 4-way, an Eaglelux 4-way beacon, an Eaglelux single face head, a rodded Eagle flatback single face head, an Eagle flat back pedestrian signal and more modern 12-8-8 single face Eagle and successor signals such as Alusig and Durasig. |
An Eaglelux Pagoda from Ft. Worth, TX.
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The collection presently includes a GE 4-way, a solid body single face head, a "groove back" single face head, a Streamline traffic signal head and a Streamline pedestrian signal. |
GE 4-way from Pittsburgh, PA.
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The collection presently includes an early Marbelite "flat top" single face, a contemporary Marbelite single face, a fixed 4-way, a 5-light Marbelite "dog house" signal and a New York City "DONT WALK / WALK" pedestrian signal. |
Seattle Marbelite 4-way with lighted sign box.
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The collection presently includes Southern Autoflow and Sargent-Sowell internally controlled 4-way signals, a Sargent-Sowell beacon and a Traffic Signals Inc. (TSI) externally controlled 4-way signal. |
Southern Autoflow circa 1940s.
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Darley signals are pretty hard to come by but the collection includes one model C-810 2-bulb 4-way, a C-811 3-bulb 4-way, a D-131 4-way beacon, an E-326 8-bulb 4-way, a D-200 12-bulb 4-way and a D-480 single faced signal. |
A couple of older Darleys.
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Plessey Tin Lantern, UK.
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The Trade Ads and Catalogs section includes ads and catalog pages from familiar manufacturers such as Eagle and Crouse-Hinds as well as many unusual manufacturers of traffic signals, signs and traffic control devices dating back to the 1920s. |
Darley C810 Simplex Signal, circa 1940s.
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This section is continuously being updated. |
Asheville, NC traffic tower and signals.
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A work of art still operating in Kansas City, MO
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A Line Material Co. radial wave street light
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