Derby's Street Lighting PFI Contract

Murray Road, Mickleover

Columns being removed on this road were:

Seq. No. Lamp Number Location Lamp Type Watt Isolation Point
1 31854 OS NO 4 SXPL1 35  
2 31855 OS NO 14 SXPL1 35  
3 31856 OS NOS 22/24 SXPL1 35  
4 31857 O/S NOS 30/32 SXPL3 35  
5 31858 O/S NOS 38/40 SXPL2 35  
6 31859 OS NOS 48/50 SXPL1 35  
7 31860 OS NOS 58/60 SXPL3 35  
8 31861 O/S NO 60C SXPL3 35  
9 31862 ADJ NO 62 SXPL2 35  
10 31863 O/S NO 70 SXPL3 35  

The following photographs were taken on Sunday, 21st March 2010. Murray Road seems to have been forgotten when the rest of the estate that it is part of was relit in 2005/6. It wasn't forgotten on the PFI, however. The outgoing columns were gone by Thursday, 25th March.

This Thorn Beta 5 attached to a sleeved Stanton 7 concrete column is unusual in that it is remotely geared - a two-part photocell controls the lantern's operation.

This Beta 5's bowl is hanging on for dear life - a length of insulation tape holds the front of the bowl in place (the toggle clip is broken), however, the rear of the bowl still hangs loose due to the hinge pivot having disappeared.

The unsleeved Stanton 7 column featured in the Survivor 11C article was also doomed - by 2010, this was one of the last unsleeved concrete columns in Derby, let alone in Mickleover.

The seemingly original concrete road surface along here was in a good condition for its age.

For a short time in about 2004/5, Derby's chosen type of spot-replacement 5 m column was a CU Phosco hockeystick painted a nonstandard colour. This particular example supports another Beta 5.

The Philips MI 26 attached to this column featured a somewhat unpleasant-looking GRP canopy.

The column's inspection door had been removed, revealing the original 1950s' cut-out and lead-sheathed service cable. In this type of installation (known as a TN-S System), the lead sheath is used as the earth conductor. The cable entry hole beneath the door is visible.


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