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Motorized Army Searchlight Seen at 40 Miles
Citizens in eastern cities witnessed a dynamic demonstration of U S Army searchlight equipment during joint army and navy exercises on the New England coast. Six ty-first Coast Artillery at Fort Monroe Virginia and Sixty-second at Fort Totten New York showcased seven mobile 60 inch Sperry drum lights mounted on Cadillacs with 87 personnel, delivering beams of 800 million to one billion candlepower and readable night glow up to ten miles for a 1,200 mile round trip.
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Atlantic
United States Defense Forces
Sixty-first Coast Artillery
Fort Monroe
Sixty-second
Fort Totten
N. Y
Army
Navy
New England
U.S. Army Engineer Corps
Engineering Corps
Sperry Gyroscope Company
Cadillac Motor Car Company