LARGEST LIGHT SIGN
CLAIM FOR NEW YORK. An electrically illuminated advertising sign accounted the world’s largest, adds its light to the glow of New York City’s night sky. The display depict:- a tropical sea with giant multicoloured fish gliding about in gentle. unlmrriOd movement among the rhythmic;,waves of sea-green light. Moro than I,oooft. of iteou tubing is contained in the sign, and almost 70
miles of insulated wire. The 29,508 lamp receptacles used would make six piles the height of the Eiffel Tower if stacked end,on odd. In addition there are eight tons of galvanised sheet metal, and the animal wattage consumed by the sign i<; sufficient to operate all the radiosin the United States for two hours, while 'current required would serve every need of a city of 10,000.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 18 June 1936, Page 11
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130LARGEST LIGHT SIGN Greymouth Evening Star, 18 June 1936, Page 11
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