Weather beacon
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A weather beacon is a tower that indicates the weather forecast in a code of colored or flashing lights. The tower is usually on the roof of a tall building but may also stand alone.
[edit] List of weather beacons
- Australia
- MLC Building, North Sydney, New South Wales [1]
- Westpac Place, Sydney, New South Wales [2]
- Hitachi Building, Brisbane, Queensland [3]
- MLC Building, Adelaide, South Australia
- Canada
- United States
- Mattei Building, Fresno, California [4]
- KCCI, Des Moines, Iowa
- American Trust Tower, Dubuque, Iowa
- KCAU-TV Weather Ball, Terra Centre, Sioux City, Iowa [5]
- Falstaff Brewery Weather Ball, New Orleans, Louisiana (1 August 1952 – 7 December 1978)[6]
- Berkeley Building, Boston, Massachusetts
- Citizens Bank Weatherball, Flint, Michigan [7]
- 13 Weatherball, WZZM-TV, Grand Rapids, Michigan [8]
- Northwestern National Bank Weatherball, Minneapolis, Minnesota (1949 – 1982)[9][10]
- KCTV Tower, Kansas City, Missouri
- Terra Cotta Lofts, St. Louis, Missouri (1956 – 1979)[11]
- US Bank Tower, Billings, Montana [12] (dismantled)
- Provident Beacon, Bismarck, North Dakota [13]
- Standard Insurance Plaza, Portland, Oregon [14]
- Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Gulf Tower, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (dismantled)[15]
- Weather Eye, Texas National Bank, Houston, Texas[16] (dismantled)
- Wisconsin Gas Building, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=108012
- ^ http://www.emporis.com/en/il/im/?id=464020
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/brisbane/stories/s1568152.htm
- ^ http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=matteibuilding-fresno-ca-usa
- ^ http://www.kcautv.com/Global/story.asp?S=290732&nav=menu110_6
- ^ http://clarionherald.org/20010301/stall.htm
- ^ http://blogs.usatoday.com/weather/2006/11/having_a_ball_a.html
- ^ http://www.grbj.com/GRBJ/Nav/Weather+Ball+History.htm
- ^ http://www.mnhs.org/exhibits/weather/weatherball.htm
- ^ http://www.mpls.lib.mn.us/history/bi2.asp
- ^ http://www.terracottalofts.com/bldghistory.asp
- ^ http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=216722
- ^ http://www.co.burleigh.nd.us/information/default.asp?ID=349
- ^ http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=standardinsuranceplaza-portland-or-usa
- ^ http://www.cparchives.com/archive.cfm?type=You%20Had%20to%20Ask&action=getComplete&ref=2497
- ^ http://www.cah.utexas.edu/db/dmr/image_lg.php?variable=e_bb_1820
[edit] Images
 Canada Life Building |
 American Trust Tower |
 "Old" John Hancock Tower |
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