REVO C1068
For the first decades of the twentieth century, street lighting was purely for the pedestrian and slow moving traffic. There
was no requirement to light the roads for faster moving traffic and lantern design reflected that. Hence the first electric street
lights were little more than external "well glass" fittings, simply casting a symmetric distribution of light around the local
environment. If more light was required, more bulbs were fitted.
By the 1920s, this had changed with the advent of the motor vehicle, and street lighting started to adapt.
However, manufacturers continued to make these lanterns for general exterior lighting, and they remained in the catalogues, albeit it
outside the street lighting section.
This lantern was removed from a village in Northamptonshire in 2008 by Darren. It's remarkable that such a fitting was
even considered for street lighting, but the local parish council were the local lighting authority and they could dictate what
equipment was erected. It may have even performed well; perhaps lighting a local park, footpath, or general area.
The lantern is complete, even down to the two asbestos gaskets between the well glass and the lantern rim. It will be fully restored
as an example of an early street lighting lantern design.
It's mounted on a REVO B33 bracket.
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