• DocumentCode
    1480239
  • Title

    Empire state building beacons

  • Author

    Engstrom, K. R. ; Wrage, G. E.

  • Author_Institution
    Federal Sign and Signal Corporation, Chicago, Ill.
  • Volume
    75
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1956
  • fDate
    5/1/1956 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    431
  • Lastpage
    433
  • Abstract
    The new beacons atop New York´s Empire State Building, generating a total of nearly two billion candle power, will provide the world´s brightest continuous source of man-made light. The features and operations of the system are described.
  • Keywords
    Companies; Floors; Helicopters; Poles and towers; Synchronization; Synchronous motors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0095-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/EE.1956.6441890
  • Filename
    6441890