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[Gone] Old Cable Stayed Signal Arm
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Here's one of the few remaining cable stayed signal arms left in Toronto. They used to be quite common in the 50s and early 60s. They stopped installing these when the double guy design was used starting some time in the mid 60s. Most of the old cable stayed arms were removed during the 80s and 90s but there's still a handful left.
The signal on the old arm is a CGE Grooveback 12-8-8 like mine except that the original lenses have been replaced with LED around 7 years ago. The other signals are newer CGE heads from the 70s and 80s along with a Fortran poly from the 2000s.
Note the King "tall gumball" too along with a pole that's lost it's gumball in the background.
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![[Gone] Old Cable Stayed Signal Arm
Here's one of the few remaining cable stayed signal arms left in Toronto. They used to be quite common in the 50s and early 60s. They stopped installing these when the [url=http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-11764]double guy design[/url] was used starting some time in the mid 60s. Most of the old cable stayed arms were removed during the 80s and 90s but there's still a handful left.
The signal on the old arm is a CGE Grooveback 12-8-8 [url=http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-11808]like mine[/url] except that the original lenses have been replaced with LED around 7 years ago. The other signals are newer CGE heads from the 70s and 80s along with a Fortran poly from the 2000s.
Note the King "tall gumball" too along with a pole that's lost it's gumball in the background.
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[Gone] Old Cable Stayed Signal Arm
Here's one of the few remaining cable stayed signal arms left in Toronto. They used to be quite common in the 50s and early 60s. They stopped installing these when the [url=http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-11764]double guy design[/url] was used starting some time in the mid 60s. Most of the old cable stayed arms were removed during the 80s and 90s but there's still a handful left.
The signal on the old arm is a CGE Grooveback 12-8-8 [url=http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-11808]like mine[/url] except that the original lenses have been replaced with LED around 7 years ago. The other signals are newer CGE heads from the 70s and 80s along with a Fortran poly from the 2000s.
Note the King \"tall gumball\" too along with a pole that's lost it's gumball in the background.
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@Mike the mess underneath the missing gumball is some bundled up wire.
Interesting, I though by the 80s (since there's R37s on the pole) they would have started using the stubby arms for signals like these.
Oh and to link a streetview properly, click on the link symbol on the left and copy the URL from there.
The vintage cable stayed arm assembly has also been replaced by a tapered e style arm. At least they used a hanger Fortran instead of a plumbizer.