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Unidentified Flourescent fitting in Staffordshire

The Thorn Celest

BTH Amber 140w SO lantern joins the Collection

 

New for May 2010

 

I know that I haven't done anything with the website for some considerable time, but here at last is an update on some of the street lighting I've both photographed on my travels, and a taste of some of the street lighting items that have joined the collection since the last update in December 2007.

 

I'm still actively collecting street lighting lanterns and apparatus, but at the same time I'm having to be a lot more selective in what I acquire because storage space is somewhat overstretched . To that end, a few items have inevitably departed the collection, finding homes with other collector's.

 

Collection updates:

BTH Amber Lantern for 140W SO & 90w SOX lamps.

GEC Z8432 'Viatron' for 250-400w MA lamps

VICTOR 'Well-Glass' fitting from Bolton!

 Thorn 'Celest' 55w

Venner TJSSP Timeswitch

 Philips 60w SO Sodium Lamp

 

Photographic updates:

REVO Horizon's in Staffordshire.

 A look around the MCSL Collection in storage

 Unidentified Fluorescent lantern in Staffordshire

'Adastra Poles' survivor in Wolverhampton

Eleco HW502 saved to collection in 2008

 Philips MA60 on the M1 Motoway at Kegworth

Phosco 'Paddington' Lantern in Cambridge

Phosco P222 in Coventry

Revo 'Candle's' in Cambridge

Revo Junior Sol-etern

 

Previous update was in December 2007:

HPMV lanterns in collection:  1. 1960's GEC ZD10517 post-top lantern. 2. GEC Lewisham  lantern for 400w MA/V lamps  

GLS lanterns in collection: 1. REVO Lodestars from Cannock make it into the collection. 2 Wardle post-top 'Lytham' lantern  3. Revo post-war 'Utility' A-Group lantern for 300w  tungsten lamps. 

LPS lanterns in collection:  1. Metro-Vick PR91 post top lantern from Sheffield. 2. BTH Amber lantern from Scotland. 

Control-Gear in Collection.  1. ESLA fuse box. 2. Chalmit LPF 135w SOX ballast  3. BTH ballast for 45/60/85w lamps 

Switching Devices in Collection. 1. BLEECO 243HS ' fused' manual switchbox. 2. REVO manually operated switch box for conduit mounting  3. A.T.E. Rythmatic control switch'.  4. Venner 'clock work' time-switch 5. 1930's Venner electric time-switch 

Lamps Collection. 1. Philips 'pre re-rated' 40-watt SOX lamp  

Photo pages. 1.  AEI post-top fluorescent   2. GEC Z8526 'SOX' day-burner in Brum!  3. Z9555 cut off lantern 4. Z9565 180w SOX cut off

5.  Z9484 on a rare Stanton column with aluminium outreach. 6. Atlas Alpha-One. 7. Mercury lamped Alpha-8 MK3s

8.  Eleco GR200 day-burner in Wolves  9 Tamlite 55w SOX 'Tamecourt' lantern in Ilkeston.  10. Staff's MA50's at night

 

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