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                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

                   Consent of Independent Auditors


The Corporate Pension Board
General Signal Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
(Form S-8 No. 33-46613) pertaining to the General Signal Corporation
Savings and Stock Ownership Plan and related Prospectus of our
report dated March 20, 1995 with respect to the financial statements of
the General Signal Corporation Savings and Stock Ownership Plan included
in this Annual Report (Form 11-K) for the year ended December 31, 1994.



                                       /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

                                    

Stamford, Connecticut
March 20, 1995