The name Heuer-Ampel goes back to the inventor Josef Heuer and the company Heuer-Hammer, a processing plant in Iserlohn-Grüne. Heuer traffic lights are a special form of traffic light systems that were used from the 1930s to the 1960s in the Netherlands and Austria (Vienna), but also in Germany (e.g. Dresden, Albertplatz, from the 1930s). They are roughly cube-shaped structures that hung over an intersection with wire ropes. They were mainly suitable for simple conditions, for example when two streets crossed at right angles.

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December 30, 2021

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A replica of a Heuer traffic light.

Traffic lights with red and green circular segments and a pointer that signaled the respective red or green phase, attached to wire ropes above the middle of a street crossing.

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January 13, 2022

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"The Heuer traffic light above the 'turntable' intersection was a technical innovation at the beginning of the 20th century. Pointers indicated 'drive' or 'stop'."
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