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rodney marshall photographs

Rodney Marshall visited the museum and took the following pictures in 1980. He concentrated on the exhibits along and immediately adjacent to the main drive.

These pictures are important as they provide a record of the museum in 1980 and allow the columns, brackets and lanterns to be matched to the entries in the catalogue. It also shows how much the museum has grown since the mid-1970s as many of the exhibits pictured were not listed in the catalogue.

Many thanks to Rodney for sending me the pictures, invitation and original museum flyer.

Main Drive into the site. Exhibits C1 to C20 can be seen on the left with exhbits 1 to 20 on the right.

Exhibits C1 (left) to C16 (right).

Exhibits C17 (left) to C20 (middle). Two uncatalogued concrete columns are on the right.

OUTDOOR SECTION

CONCRETE COLUMNS

GROUP B
Location	Description	Maker	Inventory No.
C.1	14'3" Fluted	Concrete Utilities	403
C.2	12'6" Fluted	Concrete Utilities	404
C.3	Avenue 2D square with 1 '6" Avenue bracket	Concrete Utilities	90
C.4	Avenue 2D	Concrete Utilities	91
C.5	10'6" Fluted	Concrete Utilities	92
C.6	Arterial	Concrete Utilities	93
C.7	Promenade	Concrete Utilities	94
C.8	Eddystone	Concrete Utilities	95
C.9	Princes Street Gardens	Concrete Utilities	96
C.10	Utility	Concrete Utilities	97
C.11	Esplanade	Concrete Utilities	98
C.12	Solent	Concrete Utilities	99
C.13	City of Liverpool	Concrete Utilities	100
C.14	City of Liverpool	Concrete Utilities	101
C.15	City of Liverpool	Concrete Utilities	102
C.16	Park	Concrete Utilities	103
C.17	City of Liverpool	Concrete Utilities	104
C.18	Avenue 2D N with Swan Neck Bracket	Concrete Utilities	105
C.19	Terrace with 1'6" Terrace Double Arm Bracket	Concrete Utilities	106
C.20	Avenue 2D with 'C' Bracket	Concrete Utilities	107

Exhibits 14 (left) to 1 installed along Main Drive.

OUTDOOR SECTION

Inventory No.
1
127	Swan neck bracket with open reflector fitting.
	Presented by:	MILNE MUSEUM, S.E.E.B.
	By courtesy of:	Mr. R. C. Gordon
112	Cast iron column with wide base, scrollwork and fluted shaft.
	Presented by:	LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL
	By courtesy of:	Mr. J. T. Cucksey, BSc, CEng, FICE, FIMunE, FIHE
2
113	Post top Revo Paisley lantern.
113	Cast iron column. One of 12 ornamental columns erected in 1937 round the new Fire Station, Police Station, Magistrates Court and Firemen's houses in Manchester Road, Accrington.
	Presented by:	HYNDBURN BOROUGH COUNCIL
	By courtesy of:	Mr. J. Hayden, CEng, AMCST, MIMunE, MICE, MIStructE, MInstHE
3
114	Cast iron fluted column with double ladder arm, base compartment and swan neck bracket.
	Presented by:	DAVID WEBSTER LTD. (Ex Welwyn)
4
130	Square post top twin burner gas lantern.
	Presented by:	MILNE MUSEUM, S.E.E.B.
	By courtesy of:	Mr. R. C. Gordon
115	Cast iron column. Painted in its original "gas green" colour, it was manufactured by Hardy & Padmore Ltd. of Worcester in 1914 to take gas lantems. Those in Swansea were converted to electricity in the late 1920's.
	Presented by:	SWANSEA CITY COUNCIL
	By courtesy of:	Mr. H. I. Jones, BSc, CEng, MICE, MIMunE
5
116	Open detractor lantern on swan neck bracket.
116	Cast iron column called "Bromsgrove" with double ladder arm. Cast by Stewarts & Lioyds shortly after the 1914-1918 war. They were installed about 1956.
	Presented by:	ST. ALBANS CITY COUNCIL
	By courtesy of:	Mr. J. W. B. McKenna, C.Eng. MIMunE, MIHE, Dip.TP
6
117	Open detractor lantern on swan neck bracket.
117	Cast iron fluted column with double ladder arm cast by Stokes of Mansfield.
	Presented by:	ST. ALBANS CITY COUNCIL
	By courtesy of:	Mr. J. W. B. McKenna, C.Eng. MIMunE, MIHE, Dip.TP
7
118	Open reflector fitting on swan neck bracket.
118	Cast iron column complete with double ladder arm; The Blackpool town crest is cast in the door.
	Presented by:	BLACKPOOL BOROUGH COUNCIL
	By courtesy of:	Mr. A. Elliott, CEng, MIEE, FIES, FAPLE
8
88	Georgian post top square lantern c. 1900. Originally located at Baldwins Hili, where the original column shafts are still in use.
	Presented by:	EPPING FOREST DISTRICT COUNCIL
	By courtesy of:	Mr. J.T. Partington, MICE, MIStruetE, MRTPI, ARICS
119	Cast iron column based on the design of the Waterloo Cannons c. 1850. Several of these columns can be seen in the Cambridge Colleges. The stone buff colour is the colour in which it was originally painted, following an instruction issued by the Town Council in the early 1850's.
	Presented by:	CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL
	By courtesy of:	Mr. G. C. Cresswe!l, BSc (Eng), CEng, FICE, FIMunE
9
87	Georgian post top gas lantern with ornamental corona.
	Presented by:	EPPING FOREST DISTRICT COUNCIL
	By courtesy of:	Mr. J.T. Partington, MICE, MIStruetE, MRTPI, ARICS
120	Cast iron column with double ladder arm.
	Presented by:	DAVID WEBSTER LTD
10
234	Cylindrical post top lantern with copper top and base; note the spike to prevent gulls roosting.
	Presented by:	BLACKPOOL BOROUGH COUNCIL
	By courtesy of:	Mr. A. Elliott, CEng, MIEE, FIES, FAPLE
173	Cast iron column by M. Stears Bros. & Co. of Hull at tne turn of the century and used in Workington until 1973.
	Presented by:	CUMBRIA COUNTY COUNCIL
	By courtesy of:	Mr. J.A. Davison, BSc, CEng, FICE, FIMunE, FIHE
11
122	Square post top gas lantern with frog and single ladder arm.
	Presented by:	BLACKPOOL BOROUGH COUNCIL
	By courtesy of:	Mr. A. Elliott, CEng, MIEE, FIES, FAPLE
174	Fluted cast iron column cast in 1892 by T.W. Williams & Sons of Swansea.
	Presented by:	SWANSEA CITY COUNCIL
	By courtesy of:	Mr. H. I. Jones, BSc, CEng, MICE, MIMunE
12
126	Metal swan neck bracket and open reflector fitting.
	Presented by:	S.E.E.B. MILNE MUSEUM
	By courtesy of:	Mr. R. C. Gordon
175	Cast iron column with double ladder arm made by Revo, Tipton.
	Presented by:	DAVID WEBSTER LTD.
13
66	Square post top gas lantern with frog and single ladder arm.
176	Iron column cast by W. J. Hollands, 31 Bankside, London, c.1898. This column and lantern was probably situated in Vine Court Road off Holly Bush Lane, Sevenoaks. The lamps are indicated in the Council Records as 'Incandescent' and others as 'Flat-Flame' types.
	Presented by:	SEVENOAKS DISTRICT COUNCIL
	By courtesy of:	Mr. A.T. Bennett, CEng, MICE, FlMunE, FlnstHE, MBIM
14
133	Square post top gas lantern with frog and single ladder arm.
177	Fluted cast iron column cast by W. Lucy & Co. Ltd., Oxford Eagle Iron Works. c.1889. The town crest is cast in the base.
	Presented by:	OXFORD CITY COUNCIL
	By courtesy of:	Mr. D. A. Butler, MA, DipTP, CEng, MICE, FIMunE, FIHE

Exhibits 24 (left) to 21 (right). These were installed along the short road into the Staff Car Park with 24 also on the Main Drive.

OUTDOOR SECTION

Inventory No.
21
345	Revo magnalite swan neck bracket with 4-way open reflector. c. 1934. This was taken from Bark Hill, Bewdley, Worcs.
	Presented by:	MIDLANDS ELECTRICITY BOARD, KIDDERMINSTER
	By courtesy of:	Mr. M. V. Derby, CEng, MIEE
315	Octagonal cast iron column with base compartment. The crest of the Royal Borough of Kensingron is cast in the base.
	Presented by:	ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA
22
362	Top entry lantern on metal swan neck bracket.
	Presented by:	HUMBERSIDE COUNTY COUNCIL
	By courtesy of:	Mr. L. R. Crossley, BScTech, CEng, FICE
316	Octagonal iron column with base compartment. Monogram "K.V." is cast in the base and in the shaft.
	Presented by:	ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA
23
131	Copper post top circular lantern with six panels.
143	Class A cast iron column. This column was removed from the junction of Brixton Road and Ferndale Road, Brixton. It was originally connected to the private supply of Brixton Bon Marche. The door includes the Coat of Arms of the Vestry of the Parish of Lambeth.
	Presented by:	LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH
	By courtesy of:	Mr. D. H. Nicholson, BSc(Eng}, CEng, FICE, FIMunE, MRSH, FIHE
24
180	Special copper dome lantern and glass globe converted from gas to electricity.
179	Octagonal cast iron column originally erected in entrance drive to British Oil and Cake Mills, Erith. (Now renamed Erith Oil Works).
	Presented by:	ERITH OIL WORKS

Exhibit 28

Exhibits 28 (left) to 25 (right).

OUTDOOR SECTION

Inventory No.
25
181	Square post top gas lantern.
181	Cast iron column with square base, circular decorative shaft and single ladder arm. Cast by S. Pontiflex & Co., 22 Coleman Street, London.
	Presented by:	MR. R. C. V. L. MARQUES
26
182	Cast top hexagonal copper lantern made by Revo.
	Presented by:	MR. J .B. PERKIN, C.Eng, MIEE, MAPLE
183	Cast iron column with single ladder arm, with 'St. P.P.M.' cast in.
	Presented by:	MR. R. C. V. L. MARQUES
27
347	Two-way axial Revo reflector with vitreous enamel finish on swan neck bracket.
	Presented by:	HUMBERSIDE COUNTY COUNCIL
	By courtesy of:	Mr. L. F. Crossley, BScTech, CEng, FICE
184	Cast iron column with base compartment.
	Presented by:	RENFREW COUNTY COUNCIL (Ex Motherwell)
	By courtesy of:	Mr. A. King, MIMunE, MInstHE/DipTE
28
396	Reproduction square post top lantern.
	Presented by:	WILLIAM PRESS & SON LIMITED
185	Cast iron column with L. N. E. R. marking. From Cole Green Station, which was originally constructed to serve Panshanger House, belonging to Lord Desborough.
	Presented by:	HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

Exhibits 31 (left) to 24 (right). The spur to the Staff Car Park after exhibit 24.

OUTDOOR SECTION

Inventory No.
29
251	Square oil burning lantern from Braughing Station.
	Presented by:	WILLIAM PRESS & SON LIMITED
186	Fluted cast iron column with double ladder arm.
	Presented by:	MR. R. C. V. L. MARQUES
30
186	Square ornate lantern with stained glass originally erected outside the Lyon Bookshop at 389 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow.
	Presented by:	GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL
187	Cast iron column with scrollwork.
	Presented by:	DAVID WEBSTER LIMITED
31
232	Black post top square lantern converted for electricity. Ex Southgate.
189	Fluted cast iron column with ornate scrollwork and 'R .V .' monogram which denotes Rotherhithe Vestry.
	Presented by:	MR. R. W. D. MARQUES

Undocumented exhibit

This is a long shot looking down the Main Drive. The immediate columns and lanterns on the left were new to the collection and were not in the catalogue. The range in the middle hosts exhibit 33 to 21 - exhibit 33 is on the short spur road leading to the car park. Exhibits 21 to 1 are the furthest away on the left.

This is a long shot looking down the Main Drive. The immediate columns and lanterns on the right were new to the collection and were not in the catalogue. Exhibits 34 to 44 can be seen beyond the Main Offices and Admin Block.

OUTDOOR SECTION

Inventory No.
34
353	Square post top lantern.
351	Fluted iron column by J. Bradshaw & Sons, Bolton.
	Presented by:	BOLTON METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL
	By courtesy of:	Mr. H. Hibbert, BSc(Hons), C.Eng, MIMunE, MICE, MlnstHE
35
318	Square post top lantern.
	Presented by:	MR. R. C. V. L. MARQUES
318	Square base cast iron column with "B.P." (thought to be "Brompton Parish") monogram and crest and octagonal shaft with single ladder bar.
	Presented by:	ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA
36
301	Square post top lantern.
	Presented by:	MR. R. C. V. L. MARQUES
301	12ft. cast iron column used for gas lighting in the City of Aberdeen, with double ladder arm. Cast by Wm. McKinnon & Co. Ltd., Aberdeen.
	Presented by:	THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF ABERDEEN
	By courtesy of:	Mr. A. Bain, MITE, MAPLE
37
249	Square post top lantern, reproduction gas design now converted to electricity.
	Presented by:	WILLIAM PRESS & SON LTD., KEMPTON DIVISION.
406	Circular cast iron column with octagonal base, cast by E. Woolley of Accrington.
	Presented by:	SALFORD CITY COUNCIL
	By courtesy of:	Mr. W.C. Roberts, Bsc(Eng.), MICE, ARICS, MIMunE, MIHE
38
218	Hexagonal post top lantern.
	Presented by:	MR. J.B. Perkin, C.Eng, MIEE, MAPLE
302	12ft. cast iron column used for electric lighting in the City of Aberdeen.
	Presented by:	THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF ABERDEEN
	By courtesy of:	Mr. A. Bain, MITE, MAPLE
39
310	Square 3 jet gas lantern.
311	Fluted cast iron column with frog and double ladder arm.
	Presented by:	RUNNYMEDE D!STRICT COUNCIL in conjunction with SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL
	By courtesy of:	Mr. E. E. Lofthouse, CEng, FIMunE, FIHE, AMBIM
40
248	Circular post top copper lantem reproduction 17" 'NICO'.
194	Cast iron column with octagonal base and circular shaft with single ladder arm. Cast by Daniel Owen & Sons, Eccles.
	Presented by:	SALFORD CITY COUNCIL
	By courtesy of:	Mr. W.C. Roberts, BSc(Eng), MICE, ARICS, MIMunE, MIHE
41
354	Square post top lantern.
	Presented by:	BOLTON METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL
	By courtesy of:	Mr. H. Hibbert, BSc(Hons), CEng, MIMunE, MICE, MlnstHE
265	Fluted cast iron column cast by A. C. Mumford, Colchester, an example of some in use in Colchester as early as 1870 for both gas and oil lighting.
	Presented by:	COLCHESTER BOROUGH COUNCIL
	By courtesy of:	Mr. J.A.Lloyd, CEng, FIMunE, MlnstHE
42
324	Post top lantern with large glass globe.
	Presented by:	THANET DISTRICT COUNCIL
266	Fluted cast iron column cast by F. W. Bracken & Co., Colchester.
	Presented by:	COLCHESTER BOROUGH COUNCIL
	By courtesy of:	Mr. J. A. Lloyd, CEng, FIMunE, MlnstHE
43
250	Square oil burning lantern (possibly from Braughing Station).
	Presented by:	WILLIAM PRESS & SON LTD., KEMPTON DIVISION
259	Cast iron column from the Tower of London originally in St. Marylebone 1824. Octagonal base and shaft.
	Presented by:	ANON
44
261	Square 4 jet post top lantern with controller.
	Presented by:	ANON
195	Cast iron 10ft. column with single ladder arm cast by Brockfield Foundry Co. 1898.
	Presented by:	ST. HELENS BOROUGH COUNCIL
	By courtesy of:	Mr. G. K. Perks, CEng, MICE, MIMunE

The row on the left was new and not included in the catalogue. The row on the right are exhibits 59 to 53. Exhibit 51 can be seen on the far right.

Exhibits 59 (left) to 53 (right)

OUTDOOR SECTION

Inventory No.
51
322	Glazed decorative hexagonal top entry lantern.
	Presented by:	WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL
	By courtesy of:	Col. W. C. S. Harrison, CBE, ERD, ADC
398	Group A cast iron column with ornamental bracket.
	Presented by:	SHEPWAY DISTRICT COUNCIL
	By courtesy of:	Mr. T. G. Greening, CEng, FICE, FIMunE, FlnstHE, AMBIM
52
	Lantern - to be arranged.
109	Cast iron column 25ft. made by J. & A. Law, Ironfounders of Glasgow. It is complete with rectangular bracket and bears the crest of Battersea Corporation, which no longer exists.
	Presented by:	LONDON BOROUGH OF WANDSWORTH
	By courtesy of:	Mr. F. J. Heasman, CEng, MICE, FIMunE, MBIM
53
132	Old copper gas lantern, 3 burners, top entry. This was the last gas street light in Burnley.
	Presented by:	BURNLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL
	By courtesy of:	Mr. E. C. Ashby, BSc, CEng, MICE, FIMunE, FIHE
110	Cast iron column made by McDowall Steven & Co., Glasgow & London, with a curved bracket and wrought iron scrollwork and ladder bars. The Coat of Arms of the Burgh of Motherwell is cast in the door.
	Presented by:	RENFREW COUNTY COUNCIL (Now Strathctyde R.C.)
	By courtesy of:	Mr. A. King, CEng, MIMunE, MlnstHE/DipTE
54
370	G.E.C. top entry 400 watt mercury lantern with hexagonal glazed body.
	Presented by:	SOUTHEND BOROUGH COUNCIL
	By courtesy of:	Mr. B. T. Clarke, CEng, FICE, FIMunE, MAPLE
313	Trolley pole with raising and lowering gear and bracket.
	Presented by:	LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN
	By courtesy of:	Mr. H. Ovens, CEng, FICE, MIStructE, MIMunE, FRSH
55
399	Group A side entry lantern for four fluorescent lamps.
320	Group A cast iron column by Hardy & Padmore with large base compartment and Bognor crest.
	Presented by:	WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL
	By courtesy of:	Col. W. C. S. Harrison, CBE, ERD, ADC
56
402	G.E.C. top entry lantern with circular refractor bowl and lampholders for tungsten or mercury lamps.
402	Cast iron Group A column.
	Presented by:	LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH
	By courtesy of:	Mr. D. H. Nicholson, BSc(Eng), C.Eng, FICE, FIMunE, MRSH, FIHE
57
217	Side entry square lantern.
	Presented by:	LONDON BOROUGH OF HOUNSLOW
	By courtesy of:	Mr. A. C. Randle, C.Eng, MICE, FIMunE, Mlnst HE
89	Steel trolley pole with top entry bracket clamped to pole with finial.
	Presented by:	LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN
	By courtesy of:	Mr. H. Ovens, C.Eng, FICE, MIStructE, MIMunE, FRSH
58
235	Post top copper lantern.
	Presented by:	BLACKPOOL BOROUGH COUNCIL
	By courtesy of:	Mr. A. Elliott, C.Eng, MIEE, FIES, FAPLE
230	Group A cast iron column.
	Presented by:	LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN
	By courtesy of:	Mr. H. Ovens, C.Eng, FICE, MIStructE, MIMunE, FRSH
59
297	Group A lantern, top entry with BC and GES holders.
	Presented by:	LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH
	By courtesy of:	Mr. D. H. Nicholson, BSc(Eng), C.Eng, FICE, FIMunE, MRSH, FIHE
229	Tubular cast iron column Group A, with leaf bracket and internal raising and lowering gear.
	Presented by:	LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN
	By courtesy of:	Mr. H. Ovens, C.Eng, FICE, MIStructE, MIMunE, FRSH

Exhibit B.3.

OUTDOOR SECTION

Inventory No.
B.1
193	Rooted cabinet for housing street lighting control equipment.
	Presented by:	SALFORD CITY COUNCIL
	By courtesy of:	Mr. W. C. Roberts, BSc(Eng), MICE, AR ICS, MIMunE, MIHE
B.2
365	Rooted cabinet for housing street lighting control equipment with Glasgow Coat of Arms.
	Presented by:	CITY OF GLASGOW
B.3
111	Combined transformer and distribution chamber complete with switchgear and double arm top entry bracket, originally installed at Kingswood, Surrey.
	Presented by:	SOUTH EASTERN ELECTRICITY BOARD
	By courtesy of:	Mr. A. J. Cummings
B.4
250	Cast iron bollard.
	Presented by:	LONDON BOROUGH OF BEXLEY
B.5
420	Switch pillar complete with backboard and gear. By Hardy and Padmore.
	Presented by:	CITY OF MANCHESTER
	By courtesy of:	Mr. G. F. Read, C.Eng, FICE, FIMunE, FIStructE, FIHE, MAPLE, MBIM

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