Derby's Street Lighting PFI Contract

Rutherford Rise, Oakwood

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

Seq. No. Lamp Number Location Lamp Type Watt Isolation Point
1 99916 OS NO 3 SXPL2 35  
2 99917 OS NO 7 SXPL2 35  
3 99918 ADJ NO 11 SXPL2 35  

The following photographs were taken on Sunday, 24th October 2010; the three outgoing columns installed on this short cul-de-sac all supported early 1980s' Thorn Beta 5 lanterns.

A small pool of green slime had gathered in the lowest part of this Beta 5's bowl.

By comparison, the Iridium is rated to IP66; in theory, this means that even strong jets of water should be unable to enter the lantern.

The second Beta 5 was in an altogether better condition. Just visible here is the internal identification label - this shows that the lantern is actually a Thorn EMI product, rather than just Thorn.

The Philips logo is visible in the centre of the Iridium's chassis.


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