Comments on: Chicago to Have World’s Most Powerful Aerial Beacon (Jul, 1930) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/26/chicago-to-have-worlds-most-powerful-aerial-beacon/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:56:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: jimf` http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/26/chicago-to-have-worlds-most-powerful-aerial-beacon/comment-page-1/#comment-1065186 jimf` Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:42:56 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6893#comment-1065186 the beacon was renamed the Bunny Beacon after Playboy Magazine bought the building in the late 60s... it was eventually stopped due to the problem with taller buildings nearby like the Hancock Building...it would throw blinding light in the windows. the beacon was renamed the Bunny Beacon after Playboy Magazine bought the building in the late 60s… it was eventually stopped due to the problem with taller buildings nearby like the Hancock Building…it would throw blinding light in the windows.

]]> By: Thundercat http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/26/chicago-to-have-worlds-most-powerful-aerial-beacon/comment-page-1/#comment-1065180 Thundercat Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:01:34 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6893#comment-1065180 cool, I wonder if this is the same technology used at the top of the Luxor casino in Las Vegas. cool, I wonder if this is the same technology used at the top of the Luxor casino in Las Vegas.

]]> By: tdhia http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/26/chicago-to-have-worlds-most-powerful-aerial-beacon/comment-page-1/#comment-1065172 tdhia Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:03:27 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6893#comment-1065172 The beacon now sits on the ground between hangers at Pioneer Airport outside the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) museum in Oshkosh WI. It was apparently moved there in 1990. The beacon now sits on the ground between hangers at Pioneer Airport outside the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) museum in Oshkosh WI. It was apparently moved there in 1990.

]]> By: Aristodemos http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/26/chicago-to-have-worlds-most-powerful-aerial-beacon/comment-page-1/#comment-1065171 Aristodemos Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:51:27 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6893#comment-1065171 What was that used for? Calling Batman? What was that used for? Calling Batman?

]]> By: Deth http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/26/chicago-to-have-worlds-most-powerful-aerial-beacon/comment-page-1/#comment-1065163 Deth Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:51:42 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6893#comment-1065163 Amazingly, this operated for some time, and is still in operation today, although at a different location pointing out over the lake, evidently. Evidently it was shut down in like 1981 at the Palmolive Building. Not a bad run. It's always interesting to see where the super-engineering projects of yesteryear ended up. Amazingly, this operated for some time, and is still in operation today, although at a different location pointing out over the lake, evidently. Evidently it was shut down in like 1981 at the Palmolive Building. Not a bad run.

It’s always interesting to see where the super-engineering projects of yesteryear ended up.

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