Look up wigwag in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wigwag, wig wag, or wig-wag may refer to: Wigwag (railroad), a type of railroad grade crossing signal...
Wigwag is a form of flag signalling using a single flag. Unlike most forms of flag signalling, which are used over relatively short distances, wigwag...
invented the wigwag, a grade crossing signal used in transportation. Hunt was a mechanical engineer from Southern California. He invented the wigwag in the...
of equipment at all newly constructed level crossings.[citation needed] "Wigwag" was the nickname given to a type of crossing signals once common in North...
for signals to be used to facilitate movement of trains and to require wigwag signals at some railroad crossings for the protection of motorists. The...
Technologies, provides connectivity management platform and GSM connectivity 2019 WigWag, an IoT gateway and cloud platform business. 2020 In July 2020, Arm announced...
developed a system of military signals based on sign language known as wigwag. Myer was appointed to the rank of major and to lead the Signal Corps (albeit...
Burnham Shops Seven railroad crossings, with five wigwags. Two of the five wigwags are upper-quadrant wigwags from the Magnetic Signal Company, one from the...
Navajo expedition. Using flags for daytime signaling and a torch at night, wigwag was tested in Civil War combat in June 1861 to direct the fire of a harbor...
collection Where angels fear to tread The brain of the battle-ship The wigwag message The trade-wind Salvage Between the Millstones The Battle of the...
Western was known for its installation of Western Railroad Supply Company wigwag signals at many of its crossing in the 1920–1940s. Almost every town on...
about to be served. A railroad crossing with a flashing traffic signal or wigwag will also typically have a warning bell. Mechanical bells, known in some...
damage. Wigwag-style railroad crossing signals were deemed inadequate in 1949 and new installations were banned in the United States. Existing wigwag signals...
Aerial telegraphy may refer to: Wigwag (flag signals), signalling by hand with a single flag Optical telegraphy, chains of fixed telegraph stations using...
grade crossing signal, nicknamed the wigwag. This device was quickly adopted by other railroads. A few wigwags continue in operation as of 2006[update]...
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