Louisville, KY, 1935. Old Cars, Utility Pole Lines, Old Fire Call Box Light in Downtown

By Joe Maurath, Jr.; posted July 5, 2021

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The fire alarm box light is seen on the left. These had a curved copper hood with a Fresnel glass (rippled) glass lens with an incandescent lightbulb inside of it. These lights went back to the teens or so. Two wires led down to them, with a white porcelain knob type insulator affixed to each side of the fixture's top portion for the lead-in wires.

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