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arp lanterns

Designed for war-time use. All lanterns compiled with BS/ARP 37.

Existing electrical lanterns could be modified with conversion fittings (such as by GEC or REVO) or be replaced with ARP compliant fittings.


Siemens
ARP Lantern
25W GLS

MV
Starlite Lantern
15W GLS

BTH
ARP Lantern
15W GLS
25W GLS

GEC
ARP Lantern (Z3200 range)
40W GLS
60W GLS

Ediswan
ARP Lantern
15W GLS

Crompton
ARP Lantern
15W GLS
25W GLS
40W GLS

Simplex
Starlite Lantern
15W GLS

Holophane
302 Lantern
15W GLS

REVO
ARP Lantern
15W GLS

Wardle
Restrict Street Lighting Fitting
(Adaptor Type)

15W GLS

Wardle
Restrict Street Lighting Fitting
(Bracket Type)

15W GLS

Ferranti
Starlight
15W GLS
25W GLS

Holophane
302 Lantern
15W GLS
25W GLS

Metropolitan Vickers
Starlight
15W GLS
25W GLS

Glasgow Corporation
Standard Lantern
???W GLS

Glasgow Corporation
"St. Mungo" Reflector Fitting
???W GLS


It was decided that gas lanterns could be modified and fitted with an auxiliary burner which complied with BS/ARP 37. This was called the Standard Gas Industry fitting. No specific ARP gas lanterns were produced. To meet the requirements for different mounting heights and types of lamp, well over 50 variations of the unit and the adaptors were supplied.




Sugg
Rochester Lantern

Sugg
London Lantern

Sugg
8000 Lantern


In 1944, the Gas Industry developed an entirely new low-output burner which could be used as a conversion unit in square lanterns. It produced light to the ARP specifications, but used about a third of the gas used in earlier units, and required only about a fourth of the amount of metal used for standard fittings.


Sugg
New Gas Industry Fitting


Regulations were relaxed in September 1944 in what became known as the "Dim Out" or "Moonlight Lighting". Few manufacturers supported this new lighting as it was seen as a short prelude to the restoration of pre-war lighting.


GEC
Dum Out Lantern