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EAST LANE, WEMBLEY. THE FIRST PUBLIC THOROUGHFARE IN THE WORLD TO BE ILLUMINATED BY HIGH PRESSURE MERCURY VAPOUR LAMPS (JUNE, 1932). THE G.E.C. RESEARCH LABORATORIES WHERE OSIRA LAMPS WERE INVENTED ARE SEEN ON THE LEFT.



WATFORD ROAD, WEMBLEY. THE FIRST COMPLETE INSTALLATION OF "ACCIDENT-PROOF" STREET LIGHTING BY OSIRA LAMPS AND G.E.C. LANTERNS (MARCH, 1933).