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FIXED FOUR-WAY SIGNALS In the New Millennium |
| More Unique Finds |
| Some of the sharp-eyed signal enthusiasts are still coming across old four-ways that are still in service. |
| Rockland, Maine |
| Signal enthusiast Anthony Orenstein found this rare Crouse-Hinds Type D or DT beacon with three indications including a fixed offset adapter still in service and he documented it. |
Crouse-Hinds with offset angle adapter (Main and Maverick Streets)
Another view showing visors that are cut as tunnels on one side and caps on the other.
(The 1930 catalog describes them as "right hand hoods" and "left hand hoods".)
An original flasher cabinet, possibly with a still-functioning disc flasher.
| In a few locations in Maine where state or federal highways make turns at T-intersections, one indication on the through street on the T will have a red indication while the oncoming approach and cross street will have yellow indications. The logic here is to keep traffic on the highway route moving while the traffic from the third approach must stop. This old 4-way on US-1A (with a blank 4th side) serves as an example. |
Crouse-Hinds Type M (Maverick and Birch Streets)
Yellow indication facing the cross street. (Maverick and Birch Streets)
Sign under the stop sign explaining the rights of way.
| Ashland, Maine |
Another beacon where the highway makes a turn, an Eagle with three indications lit.
Two amber indications are at right angles. (Main Street and Presque Island Road.)
A view of the intersection.
| Madawaska, Maine |
| Not a fixed 4-way (or 3-way) but unusual enough to include in the album. Traffic proceeding southbound from the Edmunston-Madawaska Bridge must turn right at Mill St. as Bridge Ave. traffic is one-way in the direction toward the bridge. Here a single 8-inch red indication is displayed over an 8-inch green arrow. |
Crouse-Hinds Type R (Bridge Avenue and Mill Street)
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