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Albert Cameron Hunt (3 April 1857 – 2 October 1915) was an American electrician who invented the wigwag, a grade crossing signal used in transportation. [1] Hunt was a mechanical engineer from Southern California. He invented the wigwag in the early 1900s out of the necessity for a safer railroad grade crossing.
A Magnetic flagman wigwag signal in use in southern Oregon, June 2007. Wigwag is a nickname for a type of railroad grade crossing signal once common in North America, referring to its pendulum-like motion that signaled a train's approach.
The Texas Open, known as the Valero Texas Open for sponsorship reasons, is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, played near San Antonio, Texas. It dates back 103 years to 1922, when it was first called the Texas Open ; San Antonio-based Valero Energy Corporation took over naming rights in 2002 .
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.
Location of Hunt County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Hunt County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Hunt County, Texas. There are eight properties listed on the National Register in the county.
A Civilian Conservation Corps planning map of a parkway connecting the park to State Highway 66. The CCC constructed the first several miles in the mid-1930s to provide visitor access from US 281 to the newly renovated Longhorn Cavern State Park. Works Progress Administration workers extended the road west of the park headquarters in the early ...
The New York man whose pet alligator Albert was confiscated by state officials warns animal owners they could be coming for you next after a squirrel rescuer’s beloved buddy P’Nut was just ...
A 436-acre (1.8 km 2) grassland park located in extreme northeast Collin County, Texas. The tax payers of Collin County provided the funding for this park in 1983 by passing the Open Space Bond Fund of Collin County. The park was contracted in 1986 and dedicated April 28, 1990.