Derby's Street Lighting PFI Contract

Drysdale Road, Mickleover

The columns being removed on this road were:

Seq. No. Lamp Number Location Lamp Type Watt Isolation Point
1 27015 OS NO 1 SXPL3 35  
2 27016 OS NOS 7/9 SXPL3 35  
3 27017 O/S NOS 15/17 SXPL3 35  
4 27018 OS NO 14 SXPL3 35  
5 27019 OS NO 22 SXPL3 35  

The following photographs were taken on the 4th April 2010 - Easter Sunday.

As with most of the installations on the 'Silverhill' Estate, many of the outgoing columns supported Philips MI 26 lanterns, following conversions from 80 Watt MBF in the 1990s.

A Thorn Beta 5 can be seen on the left; this would have replaced a failed MI 26 in the early 2000s.

No, this installation was not possessed by some supernatural being living in the evergreen tree - this is actually what happens when rain lands on your camera lens and you don't realise at the time!

The new columns are approximately 8 m in above-ground height.


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