Gallery of Lights
The Site => General discussion => Topic started by: Jace the Gull on February 05, 2010, 10:51:13 AM
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I would like to see pictures of the WHOLE traffic light setups of your areas......
What I notice is each areas (states, Countries...etc.) have different kind of restrictions or rules or standard of traffic lights....for example in MD you would find "left turn only" signs on the traffic light mast itself...and in MD you find doghouse style traffic lights while in Illinois they are NON-Existing...instead they are TALL 5 light traffic light.....
So it would be cool if you guys can post some pictures like Ian's picture here (http://galleryoflights.sanriovillage.com/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-700)
Thanks I am looking forward to them!
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Most here are generally boring old generic no name lamps, aside from one old set I saw this week, still 1970's style low voltage halogen lights, noticeable from the slow warm up and cooling as they were flashing they were faulty. In Maydon Wharf outside the Sugar Terminal, bit difficult to photograph due to HGV traffic there.
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Oh, yeah. Maybe I should do that at my area.
When I was living in Illinois, looking at the intersection, there is one pole at far right corner with hanging light above the street and pole light. Another pole at the far left corner is pole light. And finally, at the near left another pole light.
Some smaller traffic volume will only have corner pole lights, same pattern as above.
Some area still have four pole at each corners with wires hanging were something like older/temporary hanging lights.
After I moved down to Georgia, I found the light are always at the hanging wires lights. At most major intersection will have hanging light pole, but same lighting arrangement.
The traffic light arragement are each lights for each lanes.
A couple of years after I moved down I had little trouble orienting where the lights are, but I got used to it. I muttered myself with these Georgian have their light arrangement, nothing to diverge from different position. The I realized that there are hilly intersection where the other side of the intersection that we can't see from when we stop at the intersection :-\
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I guess all traffic lights from hometown of each of us seems to be boring - as each of us is used to see them daily. But for others, from the other side of the globe, the same setup might be highly interesting...
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I will try to do that tomorrow (I know I posted that small picture) but I will get a total one.
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I have uploaded a couple of pictures showing some traffic signal installations in a album here. (http://galleryoflights.sanriovillage.com/mb/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=149) Most signals in Ontario have at least 2 signal heads per direction mounted on separate poles and are mounted on taper e mast arms. The provincial ones are mounted using a sectional steel pole while municipal ones use various styles of poles.
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I will upload them when snow goes BYE BYE! LOL
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OK I took mine http://galleryoflights.sanriovillage.com/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-744
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i Think We Should also learn to identify the Diffrent Brands such as Eagle,Mccain,Crouse Hinds,Darley..and so on.
just a Suggestion. ;)
ill have one soon from my Area.
But Two From Birmingham are below.
http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-579
http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-581
and Three State installed ones from Texas
http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-114
http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-113
http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-100
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Why not you make a traffic light album, take close up of the parts of traffic lights such as the back of the traffic lights, and tell us the brand and all...you could tell us the biggest obvious design to help remember the brand (such as the AE streetlight latches makes it obvious they are AE brand....
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Sure Jace...ill start soon....until then check out the ones i already have in my Signal Album. ;)