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falks
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Falk Stadelmann And Co. Limited
91 Farringdon Road
London
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The firm were solely manufacturing gas lanterns in 1932 with the Warrington model
available with various options. They had also branched out into gas signs which were lit by
gas Bijou mantles in various positions - APLE Exhibition Catalogue 1932
One of several manufacturers who produced the Standard Gas Industry Fitting for converting gas lanterns to
comply with war-time starlight conditions. - Public Lighting #17, April 1940.
Post-war, the firm have switched to electrical lanterns, and unveil their new
EFESCA range of lanterns. There are eight different ranges, which with different wattages, meet
the lighting requirements of Group 'A' and 'B' roads as stipulated by the MOT Final Report. Every design,
except one, uses a bowl or dome refractor. - APLE Conference Programme 1945
Are exhibiting eight EFESCA lanterns which cover most of the requirements for Group "A" or
Group "B". To obtain the necessary illumination characteristics, and to comply with the
M.O.T.'s Final Report (1937), every design with one exception, incorporates a Bowl or Dome Prismatic
Refractors. Lanterns shown include the Hilux, Hotspur, Albacore,
Comet, Dragon, Albatross, Dalux and Albemarle. - APLE Conference Programme 1946
Installation of Falks Hilux lanterns along Hoghton Street for the Southport 1947 APLE Conference.
Have installed Hilux lanterns along Hoghton Street for the Conference. Other lanterns
include the Hotspur (for Group 'A' roads), Albacore, Comet, Dragon, Albatross and Dalux (for
Group 'B' roads). - APLE Conference Programme 1947
Are exhibiting two Group "A" lanterns and three Group "B" lanterns on concrete columns by
Tarslag. Special attention should be given to the design of the lanterns for sodium vapour
lamps. In these advantage is taken of the physical properties of "Perspex" which have enabled them to design a "frameless" lantern
which has the advantage of elmininated shadows on the roadway thrown by normal framed designs. In both sizes of lantern
the head is cast aluminium alloy and the prismatic refractor plates are hermetically sealed to an outer "Perspex" panel
leaving perfectly smooth surfaces exposed to the atmosphere. Lanterns shown were the new sodium lanterns,
Hilux, Firefly and Dragon. A new catalogue, No. 783/49, is available. - APLE Conference Programme 1949
References:
APLE Exhibition Catalogue Blackpool 1932
APLE Conference Programme Glasgow 1945
APLE Conference Programme London 1946
APLE Conference Programme Southport 1947
APLE Conference Programme Llandudno 1949
- External Links:
- Grace's Guide
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