Derby's Street Lighting PFI Contract

Lychgate Close, Oakwood

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

Seq. No. Lamp Number Location Lamp Type Watt Isolation Point
1 6982 1ST FR BISHOPS DR SXPL2 35 Y
2 6983 OS NO 19 SXPL2 35  
3 6984 OS NOS 23/25 SXPL2 35  
4 6985 OS NOS 8/10 SXPL2 35  
5 6986 OPP NOS 14/16 SXPL2 35  

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

A remotely-geared Simplex Aries was first from Bishops Drive. Prior to the commencement of the PFI, this section of Bishops Drive was also lit with Aries, albeit the 55 Watt version. I believe this part of Oakwood is therefore newer (by only a few years) than the majority of the suburb is.

The wires for the Zodion SS55 photocell detector are visible inside the lantern:

The replacement Iridium houses the lamp control gear within the lantern housing.

A second Aries was installed on a bend in the road. The right-hand photograph compares the overall heights of the old and new columns.

A new column was installed on the adjacent footpath. This is an entirely new column position - no lighting existed here prior to the relighting scheme. Notice the different optic in this Iridium in comparison to the optic of the Iridium seen above.

Overhead telecommunication cables criss-crossed in the vicinity of the next new and old installations:

The autumn sun shining on the Aries bowl revealed a number of cobwebs.

A GEC Z5698U provided illumination on the narrow section adjacent Mansfield Road. Curiously, the Z5698U was installed on an Abacus base-hinged column, even though a maintenance vehicle would be able to access this column without too much hassle.

A close-up of the new Iridium allows the lamp focusing positions to be seen. I suspect that this type of reflector is of the 'open' type, as some cable offcuts are visible in the bowl.

A second Z5698U was installed at the end of this section of road (more of a shared driveway to adjacent properties). Again, a base-hinged column had been used as a support for the lantern. The new column is of a regular (non-hinged) type.


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