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Revision as of 14:25, 20 October 2007
Template:ImageStackRight A weather beacon is a beacon that indicates the weather forecast in a code of colored or flashing lights. Often, a short poem or jingle accompanies the code to make it easier to remember. (example)
The beacon is usually on the roof of a tall building in a central business district, but some are attached to towers. The beacons are most commonly owned by financial services companies and television stations and are part of advertising and public relations programs. They provide a very basic forecast for the general public and not as an aid to navigation.
List of weather beacons
Australia
- New South Wales
- MLC Building, North Sydney [1]
- Westpac Place, Sydney [2]
- Queensland
- Victoria
- IOOF Building (formerly MLC), 303 Collins Street, Melbourne (non-functioning) [9] [10]
- Carlton & United Brewery, Abbotsford [11]
Canada
Germany
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States
- California
- Mattei Building (formerly Guarantee Savings), Fresno (non-functioning) [17]
- KXTV Weather Tower, Sacramento [18]
- Florida
- Illinois
- Weather Bell, Bell Federal Savings Building (street level), 79 West Monroe Street, Chicago [21] [22] [23]
- Bell Federal Savings branch office, Michigan Avenue, Chicago [24]
- WLS-TV Thermometer, Marina City, Chicago (1964 – 1978; dismantled) [25]
- Weather Bell, Bell Federal Savings Building (street level), 79 West Monroe Street, Chicago [21] [22] [23]
- Iowa
- KCCI, Des Moines [26] [27] [28]
- American Trust Tower, Dubuque
- KCAU-TV Weather Ball, Terra Centre, Sioux City [29]
- Louisiana
- Falstaff Brewery Weather Ball, New Orleans (1 August 1952 – 7 December 1978) [30] [31] [32]
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Northwestern National Bank Weatherball, Minneapolis (7 October 1949 – November 1982; dismantled) [38] [39] [40] [41] [42]
- Saint Paul branch office (dismantled) [43]
- Montevideo branch office
- seven more Northwestern branch offices
- WEBC Weather Beacon, Duluth
- Northwestern National Bank Weatherball, Minneapolis (7 October 1949 – November 1982; dismantled) [38] [39] [40] [41] [42]
- Missouri
- KCTV Tower, Kansas City
- BMA weather beacon, 215 W. Pershing Road, Kansas City (dismantled) [44]
- Terra Cotta Lofts and Red Moon Restaurant (formerly Great American Life Insurance Company building), St. Louis (1956 – 1979) [45] [46] [47]
- New York
- Ohio
- Chiquita Center, Cincinnati (non-functioning) [55]
- Oklahoma
- First Liberty Bank, Ramsey Tower/City Place, Oklahoma City (dismantled) [56]
- NBT Weather Teller, 320 South Boston, Tulsa [57] [58] [59]
- Oregon
- Standard Insurance Plaza, Portland [60] [61] [62] [63] [64]
- Weather Machine, Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland
- Pennsylvania
- WTAE-TV Weather Watch, Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh [65] [66]
- Gulf Tower, Pittsburgh (non-functioning) [67] [68]
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Provident Weather Beacon, Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company (now Unum), Maclellan Building, Chattanooga (dismantled) [71] [72]
- Texas
- Mercantile Weather Tower, Mercantile National Bank Building, Dallas (dismantled) [73]
- Texas National Bank (later Conoco) Weather Eye, Travis Tower, Houston (17 October 1955 – 1964) [74] [75] [76] [77] [78] [79]
- Alamo National Bank weather spire (now Drury Plaza Hotel), San Antonio [80] [81]
- Utah
- KSL-TV 5 Eyewitness Weather Tower, Trolley Square, Salt Lake City [82]
- Wisconsin
- Weather Flame, Wisconsin Gas Building, Milwaukee[83] [84] [85]
See also
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.abc.net.au/brisbane/stories/s681600.htm
- ^ http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=hitachibuilding-brisbane-australia
- ^ http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=13548675&postcount=12
- ^ http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=mlcbuilding-adelaide-australia
- ^ http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,21476377-2682,00.html
- ^ http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=108449
- ^ http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/1032.html
- ^ http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/1032.html
- ^ http://www.stawag.de/privat_gewerbe_kunden/aachen_live/wettersaeule.html
- ^ http://www.mersina.com/Turkey/Marmara/Istanbul/beyazit_tower.html
- ^ http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/covkids/helenshighlights/tm_headline=put-that-light-out-&method=full&objectid=11417831&siteid=50003-name_page.html
- ^ http://www.cwn.org.uk/designawards/2001/three-towers.htm
- ^ http://www.mondiale.co.uk/mondoarc/coventry/coventry.html
- ^ http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=matteibuilding-fresno-ca-usa
- ^ http://www.news10.net/weather/tower-key-lights.aspx
- ^ Dickinson, Joy Wallace (April 7, 2002). "Short Play Brings Rainmaker's 1939 Tale Back to Life". Orlando Sentinel.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/community_downtown_blog/2007/02/history_of_the_.html
- ^ http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=bellsavingsbuilding-chicago-il-usa
- ^ http://www.chicagotime.zoomshare.com/album/Clocks%20of%20Chicago%201/images/92d212736c5695a94523e2e49d538660_11626637280/%3aalbum?
- ^ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ren0901/36872731
- ^ http://www.chicagotime.zoomshare.com/album/Clocks%20of%20Chicago%201/images/935c1c921c70bc36dae4cd282d3c59ef_11626636100/:album
- ^ http://www.scottchilders.com/timecapsule/TC4.htm
- ^ http://www.kcci.com/weather/575060/detail.html
- ^ http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwestendorf/495937768/
- ^ http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwestendorf/354861809/
- ^ http://www.kcautv.com/Global/story.asp?S=290732&nav=menu110_6
- ^ http://clarionherald.org/20010301/stall.htm
- ^ http://www.urbanconservancy.org/news/roundup/archive/503
- ^ http://www.flickr.com/photos/oetiii/254053736/
- ^ http://blogs.usatoday.com/weather/2006/11/having_a_ball_a.html
- ^ http://www.wzzm13.com/weather/weatherball.asp
- ^ http://www.grbj.com/GRBJ/Nav/Weather+Ball+History.htm
- ^ http://www.flickr.com/photos/38305699@N00/84653798
- ^ http://www.valleycitysign.com/entertainment/weatherball.html
- ^ http://www.kare11.com/news/investigative/extras/wondering_article.aspx?storyid=243246
- ^ http://blog.wellsfargo.com/GuidedByHistory/2007/02/weatherball.html
- ^ http://www.mnhs.org/exhibits/weather/weatherball.htm
- ^ http://www.mpls.lib.mn.us/history/bi2.asp
- ^ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3799/is_200110/ai_n8962737
- ^ http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresources/image.cfm?imageid=115809&Page=1&Keywords=weatherball&SearchType=Basic&bhjs=1&bhqs=1
- ^ http://www.hoachorus.com/harmonotes/Dec05Harmonotes.pdf
- ^ http://www.terracottalofts.com/bldghistory.asp
- ^ http://www.blacktie-stlouis.com/premiere_events/largepics.cfm?id=24996&partyid=1432&picorder=
- ^ http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=terracottalofts-streetlouis-mo-usa
- ^ http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=216722
- ^ http://www.lifelikecharm.com/helena_last_chance_gulch.htm
- ^ http://www.gothamist.com/2004/10/21/find_another_weather_forecast.php
- ^ http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=115152
- ^ http://www.co.burleigh.nd.us/information/default.asp?ID=349
- ^ http://www.bismarckmandanblog.com/index.php?m=11&y=06&entry=entry061114-004142
- ^ http://www.bismarckmandanblog.com/etc/wx_beacon/beacon_after.htm
- ^ http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=chiquitacenter-cincinnati-oh-usa
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=4dz2XwSzSKEC&pg=PA23&lpg=PA23&dq=%22weather+beacon%22+%22oklahoma+city%22&source=web&ots=Wc-AsNw0-b&sig=6GVF-IjtOoYxsQG8muL2OKXZ7uU#PPA23,M1
- ^ http://www.tulsatvmemories.com/weather.html#nbt
- ^ http://www.tulsahistory.org/learn/sites/site80.html
- ^ http://www.flickr.com/photos/losttulsa/62459028/
- ^ http://www.pdxmagazine.com/Nov_issue_06.pdf
- ^ http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=standardinsuranceplaza-portland-or-usa
- ^ http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/portland_news/1165533920275330.xml&coll=7
- ^ http://simplifiedchinese.wunderground.com/wximage/viewsingleimage.html?mode=singleimage&handle=Gallun&number=16&album_id=8&thumbstart=0&gallery=
- ^ http://www.flickr.com/photos/darkemerald/292111663/
- ^ http://www.carnegiesciencecenter.org/default.aspx?pageId=47
- ^ http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_279267.html
- ^ http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=gulfbuilding-pittsburgh-pa-usa
- ^ http://www.cparchives.com/archive.cfm?type=You%20Had%20to%20Ask&action=getComplete&ref=2497
- ^ http://www.topix.net/content/kri/1954371012356518807938181913012655219491
- ^ http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=usbankbuilding-siouxfalls-sd-usa
- ^ http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_100608.asp
- ^ http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=maclellanbuilding-chattanooga-tn-usa
- ^ http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/columnists/sbrown/stories/DN-recol_06bus.ART.State.Edition1.3795a35.html
- ^ http://www.cah.utexas.edu/db/dmr/image_lg.php?variable=e_bb_1820
- ^ http://img350.imageshack.us/my.php?image=6006032fa.jpg
- ^ http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=travistower-houston-tx-usa
- ^ http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=6006085yc.jpg
- ^ http://www.wxresearch.org/newsletter/FALL95.TXT
- ^ http://www.sixflagshouston.com/photos/Historical-Photos/globe
- ^ http://www.druryhotels.com/properties/Alamo.cfm
- ^ http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=druryplazahotelsanantonioriverwalk-sanantonio-tx-usa
- ^ http://web.ksl.com/TV/content/weather/p-tower.htm
- ^ http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4196/is_20060308/ai_n16164672
- ^ http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=406540
- ^ http://www.flickr.com/photos/68589045@N00/405174168/
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