The House of David Baseball Team
by Joel Hawkins and Terry Bertolino
Arcadia Publishing, 2000 | Buy the book
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LIGHTING | Rivaling the unusual attraction of the team itself was the giant portable lighting system carried for night games. The huge electric floodlights were mounted on telescoping poles on a fleet of trucks. The projectors were also mounted on 50-foot poles and placed around the playing field. A large truck carrier the power plant and it was equipped with a 100,000-watt generator, powered by a 250-horsepower gasoline marine engine.
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From The House of David Baseball Team by Joel Hawkins and Terry Bertolino.
Copyright © 2000 by Joel Hawkins and Terry Bertolino. Excerpted with permission.