Derby's Street Lighting PFI Contract

Houghton Court, Oakwood

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

Seq. No. Lamp Number Location Lamp Type Watt Isolation Point
1 99910 OPP NO 2 SXPL2 35  
2 99911 FP ADJ NO 6 SXPL2 35  
3 99912 ON FP. OS NOS 8/10 SXPL2 35  
4 99913 ON FP. OS NO 12 SXPL2 35  
5 99914 FP OPP NO 4 SXPL2 35  
6 99915 FP REAR OF NO 16 SXPL2 35  

The following photographs were taken on Sunday, 24th October 2010:

An early 1980s' Thorn Beta 5 was first from Morefern Drive.

A new column was installed at the end of the parking area, while a Thorn Gamma 6 (again from the 1980s) fitted to an unpainted mid-hinged column was set to be removed.

The Gamma 6 was fitted with a Royce Thompson P5 cell - this may have been the lantern's original cell.

Another Gamma 6 was installed on the corner of the footpath. The lantern's bowl looked to have been used for airgun target practice at some point. A 1990s' Sirebeck S300 photocell was fitted to this lantern.

A third Gamma 6 was visible on the short footpath leading to the bottom of Morefern Drive. Another photocell from the 1990s, a Hy-Lite HL4N, was fitted to this lantern.

The sun's reflection off the grass caused the Iridium's chassis to appear with a slight green hue.

A final new column was installed a short distance away from the damaged Gamma 6 pictured above - this column position was far more suitable than the column that had previously lit this area had been...

Yes, the final column on this section was surrounded (read 'engulfed') by a large evergreen tree! Of course, when this column was installed, the tree was probably only a small shrub, but with the passage of time, it has filled out considerably; virtually blocking all light emitted from the Gamma 6.

This isn't just a picture of some random foliage - this is about as visible as the lantern could hope to be amongst the evergreen leaves! Can you see it?


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