Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The two upper-quadrant wigwags are the last of their kind paired together in active use. [9] [10] Both wigwags remain as non-operative decorations at the crossing, coexisting with the modern gates, red lights and bells. In the interest of safety, information signs were posted at the wigwags stating that the wigwags are non-operational.
Wigwag was used extensively by Civil War Signal Corps troops on both sides, [30] and was an essential supplement to the electrical telegraph. [31] Its first use in battle was by Confederate Lieutenant Edward Porter Alexander (a former pupil of Myer) [32] at the First Battle of Bull Run in 1861. [33]
A few level crossings still use wigwag signals, which were developed in the early 1900s by the Pacific Electric Railway interurban system in the Los Angeles region to protect its many level crossings. Though now considered to be antiques, in 2020 there were 33 wigwags active, almost all on branch lines.
Apache wickiup, by Edward S. Curtis, 1903 Apache wickiup. A wigwam, wikiup, wetu (), or wiigiwaam (Ojibwe, in syllabics: ᐧᐄᑭᐧᐋᒻ) [1] is a semi-permanent domed dwelling formerly used by certain Native American tribes and First Nations people and still used for ceremonial events.
The Magnetic Signal Company was an American company based in Los Angeles, California, focused on railway signalling.The company was the manufacturer of the ubiquitous "Magnetic Flagman" wigwag railroad crossing (or level crossing) signal, seen all over California and the western states.
They woud then use the chords to create a large cable, DeGannaro said. This same wrapping method still exists today in the construction of the world’s most famous suspension bridges, such as the ...
Upper quadrant Magnetic Flagmen were used extensively on the Santa Fe as well–virtually every small town main street and a number of city streets had their crossings protected by these unique wigwags. Virtually all the wigwags were replaced with modern signals by the turn of the 21st century.
Wig wag (washing machines), a solenoid design used in some brands; Wigwag, the Canadian version of the English Curly Wurly bar; Wigwag, a tool used in watchmaking for polishing parts; WigWag, a Nottingham–based website development and communication company; Wig-wag, a tool used to stack sheets of rubber compound into boxes or onto pallets.