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Filename:	TOR_IMG_2085.JPG
Album name:	joe_347V / Signal Lights
Keywords:	Traffic_Lights
Company and Date Manufactured:	Fortran Traffic, 1990s
Wattage:	60-69w
Lamp Type:	Incandescent (traffic signalling)
Filesize:	227 KiB
Date added:	Apr 13, 2013
Dimensions:	1800 x 1200 pixels
Displayed:	680 times
Color Space:	sRGB
DateTime Original:	2013:04:06 14:35:19
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Exposure Time:	1/200 sec
FNumber:	f/8
Flash:	No Flash
Focal length:	40 mm
ISO:	100
Make:	Canon
Model:	Canon EOS REBEL T3
URL:	http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=15432
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streetlight98

[Apr 14, 2013 at 01:12 AM]

you should open it up and install a nice clear 150w incandescent from the nearest Lowe's. Razz

or if you can find a 135W signa lamp even better!

joe_347V

[Apr 14, 2013 at 02:38 AM]

Heh, I have a bunch of 116 and 135w signal lamps but I can't seem to find the 60w or 69w ones.

I'm surprised it's mounted this low though. Normally the beacon is mounted on top of the keep right sign.

streetlight98

[Apr 14, 2013 at 04:11 AM]

yeah seems rather odd... it seems like the beacon is more subject to abuse lower down (plows compacting snow, cars splashing rain puddles all over it, the signal itself could eb in danger of being submerged if a flood were to happen, and vandalism too).

joe_347V

[Apr 14, 2013 at 05:47 PM]

Yeah, I guess that's why the other islands have missing beacons on them. Personally I would have mounted it on top the "Keep Right" sign.

It seems to have held up over the last 20 years or so though.

streetlight98

[Apr 14, 2013 at 06:22 PM]

your link just shows the united states and canada Razz

does this have a glass lens? looks like plastic...

joe_347V

[Apr 14, 2013 at 06:44 PM]

Fixed the link, this has a plastic lens. No cracks but had dulled with age though.

joe_347V

[Mar 12, 2018 at 04:06 AM]

This beacon is still there according to Google, but the cap on it walked off in 2014. Rolling Eyes

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Gallery of Lights

Fortran Beacon

Old style aluminum Fortran beacon. It was probably installed in the 90s as a replacement. The design of these hasn't changed much from the 1940s era GE Grooveback design. Note the nifty looking mushroom cap on it too. The beacon dosen't work though.

Old style aluminum Fortran beacon. It was probably installed in the 90s as a replacement. The design of these hasn't changed much from the 1940s era GE Grooveback design. Note the nifty looking mushroom cap on it too.

The beacon dosen't work though.