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Sargent & Sowell Traffic beacon
This signal was produced by Southern Signals for distribution under then name Sargent & Sowell. Safeway was another company that had signals produced for them by Southern Signals. This beacon is designed to be very simple to install, with an independent mechanical flasher built on-board and accessible via a trapdoor built into the bottom of the signal. All one had to do to light the signal was install bulbs, hang, and connect the two wires to 120VAC and the signal would work.
Southern Signals' own brand name "Southern Autoflow" sold signals of this design initially. It seems that after they changed the basic design of their signal from the round porthole door to a square door they re-used the castings with different names to continue to make use of the old molds.
Sargent & Sowell Traffic beacon
This signal was produced by Southern Signals for distribution under then name Sargent & Sowell. Safeway was another company that had signals produced for them by Southern Signals. This beacon is designed to be very simple to install, with an independent mechanical flasher built on-board and accessible via a trapdoor built into the bottom of the signal. All one had to do to light the signal was install bulbs, hang, and connect the two wires to 120VAC and the signal would work.
Southern Signals' own brand name "Southern Autoflow" sold signals of this design initially. It seems that after they changed the basic design of their signal from the round porthole door to a square door they re-used the castings with different names to continue to make use of the old molds.