'Aga Illuminated Road Beacons" - advert issued by the Gas Accummulator Company, Brentford, Middlesex : advert in The Municipal & Road Engineers' Standard Catalogue, 1929 - 1932 ; The Standard Catalogue Company ; London ; 1932
What a remarkable offshoot from the Gas Accumulator Company, manufacturers of lighthouse equipment! A miniature lighthouse, designed as a warning beacon on the road. They appear to have run on a gas accumlator system in the base, as the advert claims that independent of electricity or gas connections, they run for six months! I have to say I've never seen a picture of one in use, despite the list of customers.
The second edition of the vast publication the "Municipal and Road Engineers' Standard Catalogue, 1929 - 1932" contains many hundreds of pages of adverts showing plant, appliances and supplies across a wide range of 'municipal' engineering such as road construction, lighting, refuse disposal, water supplies and sewerage and park equipment.
'Aga Illuminated Road Beacons" - advert issued by the Gas Accummulator Company, Brentford, Middlesex : advert in The Municipal & Road Engineers' Standard Catalogue, 1929 - 1932 ; The Standard Catalogue Company ; London ; 1932
What a remarkable offshoot from the Gas Accumulator Company, manufacturers of lighthouse equipment! A miniature lighthouse, designed as a warning beacon on the road. They appear to have run on a gas accumlator system in the base, as the advert claims that independent of electricity or gas connections, they run for six months! I have to say I've never seen a picture of one in use, despite the list of customers.
The second edition of the vast publication the "Municipal and Road Engineers' Standard Catalogue, 1929 - 1932" contains many hundreds of pages of adverts showing plant, appliances and supplies across a wide range of 'municipal' engineering such as road construction, lighting, refuse disposal, water supplies and sewerage and park equipment.