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Signal tower   /sˈɪgnəl tˈaʊər/   Listen
Signal tower

noun
1.
A building from which signals are sent to control the movements of railway trains.  Synonym: signal box.






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"Signal tower" Quotes from Famous Books



... satisfied that the enemy was moving, the continuous sound of distant cannonading away to the south, told that the combat still raged. From the signal tower bright lights were discernable at Richmond. The city appeared to be on fire; a confederate picket was captured, but he knew nothing; he had got astray from his comrades and command. A deserter came in with intelligence ...
— The Black Phalanx - African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the - War of 1812, and the Civil War • Joseph T. Wilson

... Pee-wee's signal tower," a scout remarked, and just as he spoke, the little rustic edifice which had been the handiwork and pride of the tenderfoots went crashing to the ground while out of the woods across the water came sounds as of merry ...
— Tom Slade's Double Dare • Percy Keese Fitzhugh



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