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public lighting no. 7 vol. 2
September 1937
- Editorial p73
- Folkestone
- Mentions the successful conference especially the cordial atmosphere and spirit of co-operation
between the gas and electric lighting industries.
- Lighting And Raids p74
- Local authorities are still very much concerned with air-raid precautions (ARP) and the
centralised control of street lighting during air attacks. It has been assumed that some instantaneous
extinction of street lamps may be required. The Government has communicated with
local authorities on the crucial question of financial assistance it is
prepared to give, a lead will be forthcoming from Whitehall on this matter.
- Conference Papers p74
- To reproduce in Public Lighting all the papers with the discussions would
involve a very heavy expenditure. The complete papers will be published in book form.
Summaries of the discussions will be found in Public Lighting.
- A Standing Reproach p74
- The lamentable lack of uniformity in public lighting is undoubtably
responsible for a fearful number of casualties and fatal accidents. The trouble
is that along any given main road there are so many different local authorities
controlling their respective portions of the road. Some provide excellent lighting
installations, others are content with a less extensive provision,
while many either will not, or cannot, find the funds necessary for
illuminants either meagrely or not at all. Already the Government have stepped
in and taken over 4,500 miles of highway, largely because of differences in
administration by local bodies. It is surely a logical corollary to extend
this centralising principle to street lighting. Only in this way will uniformity
of illumination be secured and the terrible toll of human lives be stayed -
a tragedy which is a standing reproach to local government administartion.
- New Osira Catalogue p74
- The GEC have recently produced a new Illustrated Brochure
called "GEC Street Lighting".
- APLE: Conference, Lighting: Funding,
Lighting: Authority Organisation, Lighting: Publications
- Folkestone p75
- The AGM was held on September 6th under the chairmanship of
Mr. E. C. Lennox, M.I.E.E. The Annual Report and Accounts were adopted,
with membership increasing and the funds are in a very satisfactory position. The
Conference will be held in Bournemouth next year. Ballots were held for
Officers and Members. A message of loyalty was sent to the King.
- APLE: Conference, APLE: Organisation
- The Presidential Address p76
- Details of the discussion given after The Presidential Address.
- The Application of Modern Electric Lamps to Street Lighting p76
- Details of the discussion given after The Application of Modern Electric Lamps to Street Lighting.
Points raised included the lighting of road islands, a query that an increase in visibility would
not result in an improved appearance, curb line lighting and financing.
Lighting: Colour, Lighting: Distribution, Lighting: Lamps,
Lighting: Luminaires, Lighting: Theory
- Luncheon Given By Gas Light And Coke Company p77
- Details of the talk given by Mr. R. Foot, General Manager of the
Gas, Light and Coke Company.
- Some Further Experiments In Street Lighting p78
- Details of the discussion given after Some Further Experiments In Street Lighting.
Points raised that research by other companies were in agreement with the paper, relative movement was not
considered, visual acuity and not visibility were being measured, disability glare from modern installations
was not of a very high magnitude, broad and sweeping assertions could not be made
from one model street and one installation in Pimlico, what was measured was not
visibility but the point at which it became impossible to see, tests in Shffield
had shown a preference for 85° main beam angle over 72-75° main beam angle,
why was there such a radical difference between British and Continental methods
and couldn't some mean between the two be adopted?
Lighting: Colour, Lighting: Distribution,
Lighting: Luminaires, Lighting: Theory
- Annual Dinner p79
- Details of toasts and responses.
- Gas Lighted Belisha Beacons p80
- These have been the subject of experiments by the Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
and Gateshead Gas Company. They are made from two cast iron galleries,
three steel pillars (which form the frame of the clock box), the steel cover
for the box, the amber globe and yellow enamelled flue cap. Two gas-illuminated
beacons have been erected. The MOT are not in favour of illuminated Belisha
Beacons because street lighting should be imporved to make beacons visible
to drivers and pedestrians. At the same time beacons are often obscured by
trees, lamp standards and other obstrucitons.
- Other
- Warning Signals On Road Works p81
- A request to the Executive Committee of the County Council's
Association from the County Surveyor's Society for the illumination
of temporary "Stop" and "Go" signs to be standardised. Experiments have taken place
in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The MOT have been asked if they would be
prepared to issue regulations for the country as a whole. The MOT replied
that such signs are authorised for use, and they may be illuminated by any
method. However the County Surveyor's Society are of the opinion that the
signs should be mandatory. The APLE were consulted for their opinion.
- Other
- New Siemens Installation "Sieray" Lighting At Barking p81
- Brief description of the new installation in London Road Extension, Barking.
- Lighting: Installations
- Street Lighting Aid From National Funds p81
- The question of Government grants to highway authorities in aid of road lighting
has been considered by the Surrey County Council, who are urging the MOT for the
desirability of lighting schemes other than trunk roads, to be aided by grants from
National Funds. The MOT replied that further legislation would be necessary before a
contribution could be made towards the cost of street lighting. The Minister could not
give any undertaking that the necssary measure would be introduced
- Lighting: Funding
- Fifty Miles Of Electric Street Lighting At Deptford p82
- Brief description of the new installation in Deptford.
- Lighting: Installations
- Mercury Lamps And Plants p82
- According to a London daily, residents in Chelmsford have discovered that the
trees and plants in the gardens of private houses where mercury vapour system of street
lighting has been installed are growing more vigorously under their influence.
This is said to be due to the ultra-violet rays. It has also been noted that trees in
the vicinity of these lamps keep their leaves longer in the autumn.
- Lighting: Environment
- Floodlighting At Folkestone p82
- Details of some of the floodlighting schemes installed at Folkestone.
- Lighting: Events, Lighting: Floodlighting
- Government Control Advocated p82
- Addressing the North Midlands area of the IES at Leeds, Mr. R. Widgery,
Borough Electrical Engineer and Manager, Shipley, said the difficulty with street
lighting was that it was in the hands of so many authorities. He thought it should be
in the hands of the Ministry Of Transport. There should be uniform lighting for
Classs A Roads and Class B roads.
- Lighting: Authority Organisation
- Demonstration Lighting At APLE Conference Folkestone p84
- Supplimental four page section. Includes night pictures of many of the temporary installations
erected at Folkestone for the conference.
- APLE: Conference
- The Public Works, Roads And Transport Congress And Exhibition p87
- Details of the Public Works Congress to be held at the Royal Agricultural
Hall from November 15th to 20th. A session has been arranged for the APLE,
and Photometry In Public Lighting will be read by
Mr. C. H. Woodward, A.M.I.M.E.. The GEC
will be exhibiting the Horizal lantern for the first time along with
the new MAF Osira lamp. Siemens Electric Lamps And Supplies Ltd.
will be showing the Regent-Sieray, Bi-Way and
Dalston-Sieray with Sieray lamps and
Pinnacle, Duo-Dome and Ruralux with
the Sieray QH lamps. Lamps exibited by the firm also include the
Standard Mercury (Type H) and Sieray-Dual.
- Lighting: Lamps, Lighting: Luminaires, Other
- Improved Gas Lighting At Southall p87
- Very brief details of a new gas installation in Greenford Road, Southall. Includes
a night picture.
- Lighting: Installations
- Street Lighting Notes p88
- Details of new or improved gas installations in Barrow-In-Furness,
Bradford, Fife, Frimley and Camberley, Grennwich, Houghton-le-Spring, Leeds,
Liverpool, St. Helier, Stalybridge and by the South Suburban Gas Compnay.
- Lighting: Installations
- No Street Lights p88
- The Sussex town of Winchelsea has no street lighting. The Parish
Council decided that the town should be lit by electric lighting
but the parishoners in Icklesham and Rye Harbour declared that
they had no desire to pay for it; it would be 8d. in the £ of their
local rates, and so the town will remain in darkness.
- Lighting: Funding, Lighting: Installations
- An Outstanding Landmark Floodlit At Folkestone p88
- Brief description and picture of the Chimney Stack at the Morehall
Works of the Folkestone Electricity Supply Co., Ltd., which was floodlit
by 1000-watt Siemens Projector Lamps in "Filton" Projectors.
- Lighting: Events, Lighting: Installations
- Annual Reports p89
- A brief survey of Reports sent by Public Lighting Engineers from
various parts of the Country. Includes reports from Aberdeen,
Alva, Alloa, Billingham-On-Tees, Birmingham, Blackpool, Bournemouth,
Bristol, Burnley, Chester, Christchurch NZ, Clydebank, Douglas,
Glasgow, Greenock, Grimsby, Hereford, Huddersfield, Irish Free State,
Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester, Middlesbrough, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne,
Nottingham, Oldham, Paddington, Preston, SHeffield, Wakefield,
North Metropolitan Area and the South Metropolitan Area.
- Lighting: Installations
- Flash-Lamps! p95
- The village of Sherston has recently decided that the parish
council should apply for powers to provide street lighting at the hands
of the Wessex Electricity Company. It was said that 22 lights
could be provided for £76 which would entail a special lighting
rate of 8d. in the £ for a year, or alternatively, a three year
scheme and a 3d. rate. Hang the expense!
- Lighting: Installations
- Traffic Lights For Piccadilly p95
- A model in complete detail of the traffic light installation
at Piccadilly Circus will be exhibited by the
Automatic Electric Co. Ltd. at the forthcoming
Public Works Exhibition. This is the largest installation yet
handled in any city with no fewer than 50,000 vehicles passing
through it every day between 8AM and 8PM.
- Lighting: Installations
- Colour Illusions p95
- Professor H. Hartridge gave a talk called "Illusions Of Colour"
at the British Association meeting in Nottingham, concentrating
on the effects of sodium lighting.
- Lighting: Colour
- Rural Street Lighting p95
- The village of Shincliffe, County Of Durham, is lit by
100W gas filled lamps for a lighting season dusk to midnight eight
months of the year. Even so the lighting rate of the parish is
1s. 3d. in the £ - another case for consideration of the pooling
of resources of larger authorities, as 80% of the lighting
in the parish is on main highways. Three other rural areas lighted
up in the past year are Runswick Bay, Hinderwell and Staithes.
These villages are lighted by means of 100W lamps fitted with
suitable directional reflectors, mounted at 15'6" on the network
poles of the North-Eastern Electric Supply Co., thus providing
adequate illumination to meet the needs of the residents. So
far as Hinderwell is concerned where the lighting is on the main
Whitby-Saltburn road, the lighting does not meet the demands of
modern traffic. It has to be appreciated, however, that the lighting
rate is approximately 1s. in the £, and is as much as the ratepayers
in the district can be expected to meet.
- Lighting: Installations, Lighting: Funding
- Attractive Designs In Concrete Columns p96
- Picture of the Bexhill concrete column by Concrete Utilities
and a brief note of the four models displayed at Shorncliff Road, Folkestone
for the APLE Exhibition.
- Lighting: Manufacturer
- Daylight No Longer Ends At Sunset p96
- First the Jubilee and then the Coronation gave a convincing proof that
daylight in towns and cities no longer need end at dusk. Some idea of what
local authorities are doing both to make their streets safe to traffic and
inviting to residents and visitors can be gleaned from two recent publications.
"Floodlighting By Gas" illustrates over 100 1937 floodlighting displays in which
gas was used. The second booklet "Street Lighting" is concerned with traffic needs
and the way in which lighting authorities are meeting them. It is interesting
to learn from this publication that gas lights such as the world-famous London
thoroughfares as Whitehall, Kingsway, Aldwych, chelsea Embankment and
many others. Both booklets can be obtained from the British Commercial Gas Association.
- Lighting: Publications
- More Sodium Lighting For Croydon p96
- Brief details of more sodium installations in Croydon after the Purley Way scheme.
- Lighting: Installations
- Departmental Committee's Report p96
- Proposals for more efficient street lightign are contained in the final
report of the Departmental Committee on Street Lighting to be issued shortly by
the Ministry Of Transport. According to the Yorkshire Post, the committee's findings
do not substantially differ from those in the Interim Report.
- Lighting: Specifications
- Dr. C. C. Paterson p96
- The Director of the Research Laboratories of the GEC has been awarded an
honorary degree of Doctor Of Science by Birmingham University "in recognition
of his many contributions and services to electrical science."
- Lighting: Personnel
- The Improved BTH Horizontal Lantern p98
- First shown at the APLE Conference in Folkestone along Sandgate Road. A
horizontally disposed line source of light lends itself to simple
optical control, with the result that a lantern can readily be
designed to give the most effective distribution for street lighting
purposes. Thus it is possible to direct almost the entire output
of hte lamps into the direction i nwhcih it will be most useful
for providing adequate visibility in the thoroughfare, at the
same time securing control over the distracting effect of glare.
Improved and less expensive version of the original. The results
obtained from the improved lantern are particularly interesting
since it is not necessary to reduce the spacing between units below
that normally considered by authoritiative option to be a desired
maximum - namely 150'. It is designed for side mounting and
incorporates a patented magnetic system which makes it possible
to burn horizontally a standard 250W or 400W Mercra
lamp. The rectangular light distribution curve makes the lantern
particularly suitable for the lighting of wide thoroughfares.
- Lighting: Luminaires
- New Parkinson Low Pressure Gas Street Lamps p98
- Two new Parkinson low pressure gas street lamps
were exhibited at Folkestone, the Maxill G Type for
main and arterial road lighting and the Maxill Brimax Type
for residential and secondary streets.
- Lighting: Luminaires
- Lord Mayor As Lamplighter p98
- The Lord Mayor of Norwich (Mr. H. Fraser) took on the
role of lamplighter. In the presence of members of the
City Council he switched on a new system of lighting in
Magpie Road, Norwich, as the old lamps were turned off. The pressing
of the control lever marked the completion of the city's
£25,000 scheme of improved street lighting, which includes 400
Osira high pressure mercury vapour lamps.
- Lighting: Installations
- Adverts:
The General Electric Co., Ltd
William Sugg And Co., Ltd.,
Walter Slingsby and Co., Ltd.,
W. Parkinson and Co.,
Holophane Co., Ltd.,
Siemens Electric Lamps And Supplies Ltd.,
The British Thomson-Houston Co. Ltd.,
Gowshall Ltd.,
Gas Meter Company,
Foster And Pullen Ltd.,
Bromford Tube Co., Ltd.,
The Horstmann Gear Co., Ltd.,
Concrete Utilities Co., Ltd.,
Philips Lamps Ltd.,
British Electrical Development Association, Inc,
REVO Electric Co., Ltd.,
Radiovisor Parent Ltd.,
Public Works Road And Transport Exhibition And Congress,
James Keith And Blackman Co., Ltd. and
British Commercial Gas Association.
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