Ruleta from Harlem, New York

Taken in the mid 1980s or so, this picture depicts an old fixed four-way Ruleta two-section traffic signal (in the foreground) that is attached to an old mast-arm pole, in which is commonly known as a "wheelie" (due to the wheel that is included to the design of it).

Note, too, to the bottom right hand corner of the traffic signal is a three-way Marbelite traffic signal cluster, in which is not original to this set-up, for that it was installed sometime in the 1960s.

Back in the old days, when Ruleta traffic signals, such as the one depicted in the picture, had controlled traffic in the city of New York on a daily basis, most of them were normally connected to pedestals. Others were connected to mast-arm poles as well. Although it could be said that the most common installation for the Ruleta traffic signal was the pedestal.

Two-section traffic signals (namely Ruleta) had survived in the wild until the late 1980s to early 1990s, so this one depicted was only a handful that had still remained in service in New York City at the time this picture was taken.