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Originally Posted by Charlie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rQoN951xgY

Here's a video where they covered the story in the news

things back then were made to last and not just to get by .the glass was probley twice as thick as needed on neon bulb ,and more transformer that was needed ,so they were not under stress even with voltage surges, how many power surges happened in 77 yrs .