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unknown medium swan neck bracket

This bracket came from Bristol, and stood on a cast iron column (probably originally gas). It was part of a 1950s installation which removed in 1972, as the Bristol Corporation replaced their old 100W tungsten lamp swan-necked lanterns with Atlas Gamma Six lanterns. (The Gamma Sixes and their associated columns were removed in 2007).

The bracket is fitted with a superb old GEC cast iron box, but the cover has long gone. (A REVO cover came with the bracket, suggesting a partial fix was attempted whilst the bracket was in service). It has a rather odd square spigot cap, but hopefully that will fit my spigots!

It's probably the last remaining example of the 2000 Bristol swan-necks (as the Bristol Corporation put in an order for 2000 Atlas Gamma Sixes)... this is, apart from the other Bristol swan-neck in my collection.

The lantern is believed to be an ELECO Welwyn MK III.

Many thanks to Dave for offering it to me, and originally rescuing it from the council all those years ago.