Derby's Street Lighting PFI Contract - Agard Street, City Centre

The equipment being removed consisted of the following items in 1997. Since then, construction Derby's Inner Ring Road has been completed; meaning that not all items listed here were still extant by the time that the PFI scheme commenced.

Seq. No.	Lamp Number	Location	Lamp Type	Watt	Isolation Point
1	101556	CNR OF FORD ST O/S CLUTCH CENTRE	SONT	150	Y
2	101557	2 FROM FORD ST ON OLD BRIDGE SIT	SONT	150
3	101558	3RD FROM FORD ST - OPP NO 8	SONT	150
4	101559	4 FROM FORD ST NEAR THE COTTAGE	SONT	150
5	101560	5 FROM FORD ST OS UNIVERSITY ACC	SONT	150
6	101561	6 FROM FORD ST O/S TAX OFFICE	SONT	150
7	101562	7 FROM FORD ST CNR SEARL ST	SONT	150
8	101563	8 FROM FORD ST - O/S NO 44	SONT	150
9	101564	9 FROM FORD ST NEAR JUNC BRIDGE	SONT	150
10	106408	SPLITTER JUNC FORD ST	FL	11
11	106409	ON L101556	FL	8	Y

The first 'old' column to survive the Inner Ring Road scheme ended its days supporting a 1990s' Thorn Alpha 8 150 Watt SON-T lantern.

As a result of corrosion at the outgoing column's bracket joint, there was a noticeable difference in colour between the column and the bracket.

A Philips SGS 204 lantern was next.

The lantern's bowl was rather scorched immediately below the lamp.

Another Alpha 8 then followed.

This lantern's bowl showed signs of water ingress.

The new lanterns are the 'large' (SGS 254) version of the Philips Iridium; as these are internally sealed to IP66, and constructed in glass, rather than polycarbonate, they shouldn't (in theory, anyway!) show either of the two aging symptoms shown above.

Another equally-grubby Alpha 8 was situated alongside the pedestrian crossing. The fibres in the lantern's GRP canopy looked to be shedding rather heavily.

The final Alpha 8 ended its days fitted with a blue cone Royce Thompson SC1000 photocell.