This fascinating handbook answers the questions of anyone who has ever wondered about the many strange devices found along the roadside, from utility poles to satellite dishes. Devices are grouped according to their habitats--along highways and roads, atop buildings, near airports, and on utility towers. More than 150 different roadside technologies are covered, and each detailed entry describes what the device does, how it works, and also includes a photograph for easy identification. With helpful sidebars describing related technical issues such as why stoplights are constructed with the red light on top, this handbook for curious readers provides carefully detailed descriptions and the history behind many of the devices that roadside travelers take for granted.
- ISBN10 1556526091
- ISBN13 9781556526091
- Publish Date 1 June 2006 (first published 1 January 2006)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 July 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Chicago Review Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 208
- Language English