Derby's Street Lighting PFI Contract

Darwin Avenue, Shelton Lock

The equipment being removed consisted of the following items in 1997:

Seq. No. Lamp Number Location Lamp Type Watt Isolation Point
1 26661 1 FM SINFIN AVE SXPL1 35 Y
2 26662 O/S NO 2 (NEAR 4) SXPL3 35  
3 31779 JUNCT F/P/OPP NO 1 SXPL1 35  
4 31780 FP REAR 18, OPP 10 SXPL1 35  
5 31781 REAR FLATS 5-21 SXPL1 35  
6 31782 O/S FLATS 5-21 SXPL2 35  
7 31783 O/S NO 25/27 SXPL1 35  

The following photographs were taken on Friday, 24th December 2010.

A 5 m tubular steel column, installed in the mid-2000s (and partially installed within a hedge!) and fitted with a Thorn Beta 5 lantern, was the first column planned for removal on this road.

The following column, a Sleeved Stanton 7 concrete, also supported a Beta 5. The column's very rusty door was secured using a "Tamtorque" band.

A GE SOX lamp was fitted in the Beta 5. The condition of the lamp's arc tube suggests that it was about due for replacement anyway.

The useful output of this Philips MI 26 must have been severely compromised when the adjacent tree was in full leaf!

Wisely, the new column is positioned away from the tree.


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