Ashville, Ohio Centennial Lamp  

MFR:  This Brown Earth
Make:  Teddy Boor Mono-Lens Light 
Years Made:  1982-?
Estimated Year:  1982

Notes, Commentary, Restoration: 
Billed as the Nation's Oldest Traffic Light, this single-lens signal was invented in Ohio by Teddy Boor.  It changed colors from red to green, without a yellow phase.  Instead, a hand swept across the lens, like a radar display, showing how much green or red time was left.  For decades this light hung in Downtown Ashville until the "safety police" decided that it was too nonconformist for the public good.  It has since been retired to the city museum, http://ohiosmalltownmuseum.org/, where it hangs proudly and is a popular photo-op for visitors.  It is still brought out and hung on the streets every July 4th though.

This light is a ceramic replica of the actual signal.  It is not animated, two sides have red lenses and two have green.  It runs from a single nightlight bulb.

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