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SEPTEMBER 9. 1939.800 Million Candle IWPower Lights at LocksCould Read Newspaper in Whitefish Bay by Their Rays; Protect CanalThree 60-inch. S00.000.000-car.dlo-P°'cr anti-aircraft searchlights and 17 men of the 61st Anti-Aircraft Coast Artillery. U. S. Army, arrived in the Sault last night from Fort Sheridan. 111., and today two of the lights were to be placed on the St. Mary’s Falls canal for further protection of the canal and Great Lakes shipping against possible destruction because of the European war.The lights, mounted on trucks upon which they operate independ. entlv of any power line, were to be placed this afternoon. The third light will not be placed on the canal immediately, due to the burning out of a bearing on the trip tothe Sault. Installation of the lights will be in charge of Warrant Officer Fred Karsten. under the direction of Lieut. Colonel Hayes Kroner, commanding officer of Fort Brady.So bright Is a beam from one of the lights that a sailor on the deck of a steamer In the middle of Whlte-flsh Bay could read a newspaper.Each of the lights has an effective range of 6,000 yards or 3 Vi miles.The canal is now protected by one 50-caliher anti-aircraft machine gun and three 30-caliber machineguns. The anti-aircraft gUn is effective at 4‘i miles, while the smaller machine guns are effective at milce.
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Sault Ste Marie Evening News
Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, US
Sat, Sep 09, 1939
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