This equipment comprised a yellow box which fitted on a lamp bracket on the cab front, and had an amber rotating beacon and bell which served to warn thoroughfare users.
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A counter-clockwise rotating beacon on the rooftop lights up at night, illuminating the surrounding sky with up to four white horizontal beams that can be seen as far as 50 km away.
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The Coast Guard manned the station until 1973, when the lens was covered and a modern rotating beacon was mounted on a metal stand on the roof west of the lantern room.
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At the time of completion, the spire atop Gables Republic Tower ( an abstraction of the four-pointed star and referred to as the " rocket " ) contained a rotating beacon of light.
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There is a lighted windsock and a rotating beacon near the FBO building on the east side of the runway . 100LL avgas is available at the FBO . Maintenance is available on the field.
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Originally, this referred to a simple metal bar on the roof of the vehicle upon which agencies would mount two rotating beacons, as well as other components such as sirens and stationary " lollipop " lights.
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In 1969 it was upgraded with the replacement of the old dioptric apparatus ( produced by Chance Brothers ) and with a pedestal rotating beacon ( Pharos Marine PRB-21 sealed beam optic and drive pedestal ).
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Operated by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, the present lighthouse equipment consists of a main and standby rotating beacon, each producing 110, 000 candelas with a range of 20 nautical miles ( about 37 km)
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Only six months after the Lindbergh Beacon began operations an associate of Lindbergh was quoted, indirectly, as saying that the beacon was " a great mistake " and that rotating beacons should only be used near airports.
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This brought about confusion with the Ram Island Light ( built in 1883 ), and in 1901 the fixed light was removed and replaced with a rotating beacon consisting of a square box with a lens on each face.
