What's left of the Newark wigwag...removed
in 1994. The rubber hose really messed
up the way it swings...really jerky
and slow.
The banner. Spliced with rubber
hose. Badly dented. The lenses are the "ribbed" type made by General
Signals. They are plastic.
The guts. Notice the really old
capacitor. Still has original builders plate. Lots of work needs to be
done here...tons of rust.
This is how I got the old banner
pipe removed. The two rivets were removed by punching them with the nail
set tool.
The pipe slipped out after that.
New galvanized pipe in place of
the old spliced pipe. Works much better this way.
Now I have to figure out a way
to remove the stopper from the old pipe and have
it installed on this. The banner
pipe will need to be cut at 27". Nut/bolt assemblies
will replace the two rivets. I
also spent some time pounding out the dents.