Crouse Hinds Traffic Light Museum

Sandblast repaint and retrofit with led lights the crouse hinds traffic signals at a cost estimated to be 200.

Crouse hinds traffic light museum. Crouse was introduced to hinds by his distant relative jacob crouse a prominent syracuse businessman. Eaton s crouse hinds business credited with developing the first traffic light had its beginnings when twenty four year old huntington beard crouse met fifty one year old jesse l. Their art deco style signals remained ornate while many other manufacturers followed more utilitarian designs. This site displays a private collection of over 80 vehicle and pedestrian traffic signals or traffic lights.

The traffic signal museum. This site shows some of these and there are many more that are not in this collection. Hey there my name is francis khoury and i d like to welcome you to garden state signals. Crouse hinds signals the body parts for this 4 way beacon were obtained from different sources and were put together to make this nice looking signal.

The crouse hinds signals were heavy and noted for their styling. One of the first traffic lights i ever bought was this circa 1950 crouse hinds type dt. A nostalgic scrapbook of vintage traffic signs and signals from new jersey. Williams is trying to get albany to embrace a simple and relatively inexpensive fix.

The company name remained in use as a subsidiary of cooper industries however the traffic. I can t articulate very well why such mundane objects as these have always appealed to me but they have. He began collecting signs and traffic signals in 1982 and began 09 21 2016 scarred and faded fallen warrior from an old overgrown colorado cemetery. Crouse hinds put their 3d cube shaped logo near the top of the lens.

Originally known as the type d in the 1930s and 40s then as the type dt in the early to mid 1950s these are very popular with collectors just as they once. A few different companies made lenses like these. This is a hobby website. Most people don t realize how many different types and makes of signals there are.

I was surprised to actually locate 3 of these near my own area in michigan during 2002. A hobby turned passion led to the museum of traffic control in the basement of pella resident john rietveld. Other companies produced lenses that were almost identical except they obviously could not use the crouse hinds logo. One of the all time classic manufacturers of the 1930s 60s traffic signal era was crouse hinds.

These were manufactured over a relatively long period. Crouse hinds electric company a manufacturer of high grade electrical specialties was established in 1897 in syracuse new york they later shortened their name to crouse hinds company and beginning in the early 1920s specialized in the manufacture of traffic signals controllers and accessories.