Traffic light chassis colors? (Yellow, black, etc)

[jakeroot]

Never seen this in Washington before. An all-red traffic light housing (in Ritzville, in eastern Washington). It's an overhead flasher, displaying a flashing yellow for 1st Ave, and a flashing red for Division Street:

https://goo.gl/w84Zqe

[freebrickproductions]

Never seen this in Washington before. An all-red traffic light housing (in Ritzville, in eastern Washington). It's an overhead flasher, displaying a flashing yellow for 1st Ave, and a flashing red for Division Street:

https://goo.gl/w84Zqe

Crouse-hinds Art-deco signals there as well!

[jakeroot]

Never seen this in Washington before. An all-red traffic light housing (in Ritzville, in eastern Washington). It's an overhead flasher, displaying a flashing yellow for 1st Ave, and a flashing red for Division Street:

https://goo.gl/w84Zqe

https://i.imgur.com/s5DXLl8.png

Crouse-hinds Art-deco signals there as well!

I don't know what that means, but...all right!

[freebrickproductions]

Never seen this in Washington before. An all-red traffic light housing (in Ritzville, in eastern Washington). It's an overhead flasher, displaying a flashing yellow for 1st Ave, and a flashing red for Division Street:

https://goo.gl/w84Zqe

https://i.imgur.com/s5DXLl8.png

Crouse-hinds Art-deco signals there as well!

I don't know what that means, but...all right!

Crouse-hinds was a signal brand (up until the 1980s), and Art-deco refers to their models (Type D and Type DT, which are near indistinguishable without looking at the internals) from the 30s to the 50s. They have fins like what those signals have and are 8 inch. There's also the Type H which is a 12 inch Art-deco section that was actually produced into the 60s, IIRC.

[jakeroot]

Never seen this in Washington before. An all-red traffic light housing (in Ritzville, in eastern Washington). It's an overhead flasher, displaying a flashing yellow for 1st Ave, and a flashing red for Division Street:

https://goo.gl/w84Zqe

https://i.imgur.com/s5DXLl8.png

Crouse-hinds Art-deco signals there as well!

I don't know what that means, but...all right!

Crouse-hinds was a signal brand (up until the 1980s), and Art-deco refers to their models (Type D and Type DT, which are near indistinguishable without looking at the internals) from the 30s to the 50s. They have fins like what those signals have and are 8 inch. There's also the Type H which is a 12 inch Art-deco section that was actually produced into the 60s, IIRC.

I see. Very cool! Almost certainly one of the oldest signals in the state. Washington isn't known for keeping old signals up.

[paulthemapguy]

Signals in Elmhurst, IL have a strange brown/gray backing.

https://goo.gl/maps/cJdQs79vT2T2