Re: Semaphores

["John Kerley" <deaftech@ozemail.com.au>]

Geoff Downes (Graphic Mountain Pty Ltd) <graphicmountain@bigpond.com> wrote
in message MH0P5.41918$e5.54231@newsfeeds.bigpond.com">news:MH0P5.41918$e5.54231@newsfeeds.bigpond.com...
> Thanks guys,
> Victorian Semaphores are what I'm after - I am Victorian "biased".
> Regards Geoff
>
>
Well my Victorian Home arm is 142cm long (I only had a metric tape but if my
calculations are correct this is 4'8" as reported by others) and 26cm wide
with the white band 26-46cm from the square or outer end and the pivot point
65cm from the outer end.  This I found rather interesting as it means that
on somersault arms, the pivot is closer to the outer rather than the inner
end of the arm, quite a contrast to other types of semaphores.

Cheers,

John Kerley