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concrete utilities' museum of street lighting
south corner

© Simon Cornwell 2006
Exhibits positioned around the southern corner of the site.


The "South Corner" is the section of the car park at the southern end of the side, where the car park steps away from Yearling Close to the southern boundary. A small collection of Group B columns, fitted with brackets and pendant lanterns, can be found here.


C50© Simon Cornwell 2006
GEC lantern with missing bowl - probably Z5580 series - attached to a large, plain angled swan neck with plain finial and spigot with vertical grooves and leaf husk. Mounted on a cast-iron fluted column, with two ladder bars.


C51© Simon Cornwell 2006
REVO C12423 series lantern, which is missing its dome refractor, mounted on a REVO B7256 swan neck bracket, with large pointed finial, scrollwork and oval box. Mounted on a plain octagonal tapered cast-iron column. The column was originally Exhibit 13: "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"


C52© Simon Cornwell 2006
Phosco P104 lantern mounted on an A C Ford plain swan-neck bracket with fuse and time switch box. Mounted on a octagonal REVO Woolwich column with ladder bar. The column was part of the expanded collection as seen in the Rodney Marshall photographs.


C53© Simon Cornwell 2006
REVO Magnalite 2-way mirrored wing lantern mounted on a ELECO swan neck bracket with finial, single scroll and plain spigot. The lantern was originally Exhibit 18: "Revo 2-way open reflector". Mounted on a cylindrical column with ladder bar stubs, collar and large base compartment. The column was part of the expanded collection as seen in the Rodney Marshall photographs.


C54© Simon Cornwell 2006
Unidentified pendant lantern with narrow reflector assembly. The narrow opening has two wing nuts to hold an additional assembly which is missing. Fitted to an unidentified plain swan neck with finial and circular fuse box. Fitted to a fluted column with column and large base compartment with vertical groove patterning.


C55© Simon Cornwell 2006
ESLA Bi-Multi Group "A" 2-way wing-type lantern. Mounted on a small BLEECO plain swan neck with BLEECO finial and undecorated spigot. Attached to a BLEECO E66 column with base compartment and ladder bars.


C56© Simon Cornwell 2006
Plain tapered fluted column with small base. The column was originally Exhibit 4: "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". Fitted with an ELECO Ware open refractor lantern mounted on a plain BLEECO swan-neck bracket. The lantern and bracket were originally Exhibit 5: "Open detractor lantern on swan neck bracket".


C57© Simon Cornwell 2006
Slender slightly taper fluted cast-iron column with elaborately decorated ladder bars. Fitted with an angular ESLA bracket with an ESLA Bi-Multi Group "A" 2-way wing-type lantern. The bracket and lantern were part of the expanded collection as seen in the Rodney Marshall photographs. *** Needs visit - J. Fergerson Tamport ***



© Simon Cornwell 2016
Final view of the Group A columns along the side of Yearling Close.



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