Derby's Street Lighting PFI Contract

Upper Boundary Road, City Centre

The existing lighting consisted of the following items in 1997:

Seq. No.	Lamp Number	Location	Lamp Type	Watt	Isolation Point
1	36224	OS NO 5	SXPL3	35
2	36225	OS NO 23	SXPL1	35	Y
3	36226	OS NOS 39/41	SXPL1	35
4	36227	O/S NOS 59/61	SXPL3	35
5	36228	OPP CROSBY ST	SXPL1	35
6	36229	OS NOS 83/85	SXPL1	35

The following photographs were taken on Saturday, 27th November 2010. To paraphrase a line from a famous poem, the "frosty wind made [me] moan" whilst taking these pictures!

In something of an 'arty' photograph, this column supporting a 1980s' Thorn Beta 5 is virtually on the boundary (the 'upper' one, perhaps?) between two terraced properties.

A Philips MI 26 lantern was nearby.

The new lighting was not yet operational at the time of photographing; this is evidenced by the presence of snow on the canopies.

Another MI 26 (fitted to a Stewart & Lloyd column this time) existed on the opposite side of the road.

A similar style of column continued for the next installation, although a top-entry Beta 5 was fitted here. The above column probably once supported such a lantern as well; the top-entry elbow being removed when the MI 26 was fitted. Visible in the background is the new column; owing to its height, it cannot be installed up against the house, as doing so would foul the roof overhang.

Another side-entry Beta 5 followed.

A final MI 26 existed on the corner near where the road became Camden Street. If you are wondering why the installation appears somewhat out of proportion alongside the new 6 m column, the reason is that an old bracket is fitted to a modern column; the latter probably dating from the early-mid 2000s. The original column would have been shorter, and the approximate 5 m height would have been made up with the combination of the column and bracket heights.

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