如果你在美國迷路了,Google地圖又剛好陣亡,別擔心!你可以尋找地面的「巨大型箭頭」。從紐約到舊金山沿途,每16公里就有一座大型箭頭。
![These giant arrows can be found every 10 miles or so, starting from New York to San Francisco along this route.](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lifebuzz-618e9cf60677b298360616e8d5053cab-limit_2000.jpg)
這就是傳說中的箭頭!
![Here’s one of them.](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lifebuzz-fde6b7d44bb8cb36171958dad879aa78-limit_2000.jpg)
在1924年,美國政府為了讓飛行員在惡劣天氣或是夜晚時也能「認路」,特別在地面標上這些大箭頭。
![In 1924, the government funded the arrows to assist pilots along the airmail route during bad weather conditions or at night.](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lifebuzz-b67898d03dce68b4b121877381f3814c-limit_2000.jpg)
![](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lifebuzz-d6ff7e1e264ee6438adc135323657c86-limit_2000.jpg)
每個大箭頭旁都有個15公尺高的燈塔,用來為飛機照明,旁邊的小屋是工作人員棲身的地方。
![Each arrow was placed alongside a 50-foot tall tower with a rotating gas-powered light. The rest house behind it was for the people who maintained the beacon.](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lifebuzz-dbc9fdffb8dd7a8f0b645aa381430e97-limit_2000.jpg)
![](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lifebuzz-c80f80979d8183b02e3a33f0702779c1-limit_2000.jpg)
還有出郵票!
![Here’s one on a stamp.](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lifebuzz-ce5196dcbb295191952fd50b38965fea-limit_2000.jpg)
是不是很溫馨的感覺?不過總覺得機身要撞到燈塔了 (汗)。
![](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lifebuzz-c51c3f73c9b790aa1b43c0aeb24439e1-limit_2000.jpg)
「為夜晚空郵點燈」
二次大戰之後,由於飛機已改為利用無線電航行,這些燈塔就被拆掉…拿去資源回收了。
![After World War II, radio signals were used for navigation and the beacons were obsolete. Almost all of them were torn down and recycled for scrap metal.](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lifebuzz-07fbaf25deed49d3846b58559ba06e38-limit_2000.jpg)
殘留的燈塔數量目前不明,但以下這座燈塔被完整保留在新墨西哥州一處航空博物館內。
![No one knows exactly how many beacons remain. This one below was fully restored and is part of the Western New Mexico Aviation Heritage Museum.](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lifebuzz-eea7f984cb9f7bd1cdc4161fabcf95c7-limit_2000.jpg)
這些21公尺長的大箭頭還被留在原地。現在你知道在美國迷路時迷路時該怎麼辦了吧?沒錯,請使用… (嗯,還是用Google Map吧!)
![The 70-foot concrete arrows were never removed, so if you ever stumble upon one you’ll know the story behind them.](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lifebuzz-e478e3a552b9ea81f75ad3ec039cc6d3-limit_2000.jpg)
來源:LifeBuzz
下次去美國時不用怕迷路了!(才怪) 。這種冷知識知道的人大概沒幾個,快分享給朋友「長知識」一下!
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