Places that have extremely old signals

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epzik8

Quote from: Harvestman on November 17, 2024, 07:13:03 PMNot incredibly old, but these rare Checker signal heads were still in place in Wilder, KY until earlier this year:

I dream of a day when span wire signals are extinct
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Rothman

Quote from: epzik8 on November 17, 2024, 08:09:18 PM
Quote from: Harvestman on November 17, 2024, 07:13:03 PMNot incredibly old, but these rare Checker signal heads were still in place in Wilder, KY until earlier this year:

I dream of a day when span wire signals are extinct

So does NYSDOT.
Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position(s) of NYSDOT.

CovalenceSTU

Quote from: steviep24 on November 13, 2024, 05:51:50 PMThat could be a two color red green signal that was converted to a beacon. Two color signals were common in NY a very long time ago. They were gone in most of the state by 1970 I believe. I saw one in the 90s in Orleans county (in Olcott) that was abandoned. (It has since been removed.)

Of course NYC were the last holdouts and still had a few in use in Far Rockaways, Queens as recently as 2010. Those are all gone now.
Did any survive long enough to be captured on GSV? I searched the 2007 imagery but didn't find anything.

RobbieL2415

Quote from: epzik8 on November 17, 2024, 08:09:18 PM
Quote from: Harvestman on November 17, 2024, 07:13:03 PMNot incredibly old, but these rare Checker signal heads were still in place in Wilder, KY until earlier this year:

I dream of a day when span wire signals are extinct
Span wire signals are being used less and less here in CT. Mast arms seem to be preferred over four-lane surface streets. Wire spans are used for 5+ lane ones.

Hartford is replacing some old span wire signals on Main St., but the ones at State House Square are remaining.

steviep24

Quote from: CovalenceSTU on November 19, 2024, 02:22:12 AM
Quote from: steviep24 on November 13, 2024, 05:51:50 PMThat could be a two color red green signal that was converted to a beacon. Two color signals were common in NY a very long time ago. They were gone in most of the state by 1970 I believe. I saw one in the 90s in Orleans county (in Olcott) that was abandoned. (It has since been removed.)

Of course NYC were the last holdouts and still had a few in use in Far Rockaways, Queens as recently as 2010. Those are all gone now.
Did any survive long enough to be captured on GSV? I searched the 2007 imagery but didn't find anything.
This video is from 2008.


freebrickproductions

Quote from: steviep24 on November 25, 2024, 06:18:17 PM
Quote from: CovalenceSTU on November 19, 2024, 02:22:12 AM
Quote from: steviep24 on November 13, 2024, 05:51:50 PMThat could be a two color red green signal that was converted to a beacon. Two color signals were common in NY a very long time ago. They were gone in most of the state by 1970 I believe. I saw one in the 90s in Orleans county (in Olcott) that was abandoned. (It has since been removed.)

Of course NYC were the last holdouts and still had a few in use in Far Rockaways, Queens as recently as 2010. Those are all gone now.
Did any survive long enough to be captured on GSV? I searched the 2007 imagery but didn't find anything.
This video is from 2008.



Reading the description, the video may predate 2008 by months, if not years:
QuoteA shot of the last remaining red-green traffic lights out in Rockaway, Queens, New York City.  Note that instead of yellow, the red and green are displayed simultaneously.  These lights were discovered to be gone a few months later.  RIP.  The ones in Queens in the neighborhood of Ozone Park along Liberty Avenue are probably gone too.
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