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ESLA Bi-Multi Group 'A' 2-way in Wimbledon Thorn Beta 5 mounted on a Concrete Utilities 2D concrete bracket and column in Epsom installations: ancient

  1. Blackpool: Fluorescents
    A collection of Group-A and Group-B fluorescent lanterns taken in the 1960s.

  2. Cambridge: Old Installations
    Before the Candles, before REVO and before BTH, Cambridge was lit by gas. Pete Rivet tracks down some archival photographs.

  3. Cheam: ESLAs
    From my original site, here's the only documentation of a huge ESLA installation from South London.

  4. York: REVO Festivals
    For years, a small collection of these lanterns lit the approach to York Minster.

  5. Dreadful
    Some pictures of some rather dubious street lights from the past.




installations: current

  1. Barnstaple: GEC/REVO
    An attempt to recreate the 'original' installation - which partly succeeds.

  2. Beckenham: ESLA
    A unique installation surviving on a private street in Beckenham, South London.

  3. Cambridge: Richardson Candles
    The unique, bespoke, architect designed Richardson Candles of Cambridge.

  4. Cambridge: Lanterns
    But there's more in Cambridge than the Candles.

  5. Cannock: REVO
    Three REVO Lodestars still survive in Cannock.

  6. Haywards Heath: GEC
    One of the last Group-A fluorescent installations in the country.

  7. Kings Lynn: ESLA
    I really, really could not believe this! Sodium ESLAs still in service.

  8. Merton Park: ESLA/REVO
    Lee Gale has discovered several 'rescued' lanterns and columns around Merton Park in South London.

  9. REVO City: REVO/ELECO/GEC/Thorn
    A 1930s REVO installation can still be picked out in the back streets of REVO City

  10. Tooting: Gas lanterns
    It's not difficult to find interesting lanterns in Tooting; just walk out of the tube station.

  11. Wimbledon: ESLA/REVO
    Tucked away in the back streets of Wimbledon, treasures can still be found.




installations: general

Instead of grouping old streetlights together by location, here they're grouped by category.

  1. Concrete Columns And Brackets
    Concrete streetlights are becoming rarer and rarer. Here's a picture of some forgotten ones.

  1. Cast Iron Columns And Brackets
    Similarly unspoilt cast iron columns, brackets and lanterns are also becoming depressingly rare. Here's some examples from around the country.




installations: refurbishments

These two installations are unique. The first is a refurbishment of a pole-mounted 35W SOX scheme, proving that with a bit of time and effort, old lanterns can be restored to as good-as-new.

The second is a trial installation in a village for a Parish Council. By taking old 1950s refractor lanterns, and installing state-of-the-art metal halide technology, the scheme is an interesting mesh of old and new.

  1. 35W SOX Reburbishment Scheme
  2. 70W MBI Replacement Scheme



installations: museums/collections

There are several museums and/or collections of older lanterns, brackets and columns. In time, I'll document all those known.

  1. Concrete Utilities' Museum Of Street Lighting
  2. Stratford-On-Avon Collection
  3. Dublin collection