The equipment being removed
consisted of the following items in 1997:
Seq. No.
Lamp Number
Location
Lamp Type
Watt
Isolation Point
1
37281
O/S SINFIN GARAGE
SXPL2
135
2
37282
OPP SINFIN GARAGE
SXPL2
135
3
37283
O/S NEI CAR PARK
SXPL2
135
4
37284
OPP NEI BIKE SHEDS
SXPL2
135
5
37285
O/S NEI AT REAR
SXP1
90
6
37286
OPP NEI AT REAR
SXP1
90
7
37287
O/S NEI AT REAR
SXP1
90
8
37288
OPP NEI AT REAR
SXP1
90
9
37289
O/S NEI AT REAR
SXP1
90
10
37290
OPP NEI CAR PARK
SXP1
90
11
37291
O/S NEI CAR PARK
SXP1
90
12
37292
OPP NEI CAR PARK
SXP1
90
13
37293
ADJ NEI ENTRANCE
SXP1
90
14
37294
O/S EME SUBSTATION
SXP1
90
15
37295
OP SINFIN GOLF CSE
SXP1
90
16
37296
FP TO THACKERAY ST
SXP1
90
17
37297
OP GOLF COURSE
SXP1
90
18
37298
OPP GOLF COURSE
SXP1
90
19
37299
OPP GOLF COURSE
SXP1
90
20
37300
OPP GOLF COURSE
SXP3
90
21
37301
OPP GOLF COURSE
SXP1
90
22
37302
OPP GOLF COURSE
SXP1
90
23
37303
OPP GOLF COURSE
SXP1
90
24
37304
OPP GOLF COURSE
SXP1
90
25
37305
OPP GOLF COURSE
SXP1
90
26
37306
OPP GOLF COURSE
SXP1
90
27
37307
O/S ROLLS ROYCE
SXP1
90
28
37308
O/S ROLLS ROYCE
SXP1
90
29
37309
O/S ROLLS ROYCE
SXP1
90
30
37310
O/S FIELD
SXP1
90
31
37311
O/S ROLLS ROYCE
SXP1
90
32
37312
OP R/R ENTRY RD
SXP1
90
33
37313
O/S ROLLS ROYCE
SXP1
90
34
37314
OP R/ROYCE OFFICES
SXP1
90
35
37315
OPP R/ROYCE ENTRY
SXPL1
90
36
37316
O/S CASTING
FACILITY
SXP1
90
37
37317
OS CASTING FACILITY
SXP1
90
38
37318
IN BUS LAY-BY
SXP1
90
39
37319
BY BUS SHELTER
SXP1
90
40
37320
O/S CASTING
FACILITY
SXP1
90
41
37321
OPP CASTING
FACILITY
SXP1
90
42
37322
OPP CASTING
FACILITY
SXP3
90
43
37323
ON BEND/OS FIELD
SXPL3
90
44
37324
ON BEND,OS FIELD
SXPL3
90
45
37325
ON BEND, OS FIELD
SXPL3
90
46
37326
ON BEND, NR PYLONS
SXP1
90
47
37327
UNDER PYLONS
SXP1
90
48
37328
UNDER PYLONS
SXPL3
90
49
37329
NR STYLE,U/N PYLON
SXPL3
90
50
37330
B/H CRASH BARRIER
SXPL3
90
51
37331
AftER LEVEL XING
SXPL3
90
52
37332
O/S FARM
SXPL3
90
53
37333
OS FARM, U PYLONS
SXPL3
90
54
37334
OS FIELD, NR PYLON
SXPL3
90
55
37335
O/S FIELD, BY PYLON
SXPL3
90
56
37336
O/S FIELD, NR GATE
SXPL3
90
57
37337
O/S FIELD
SXPL3
90
58
37338
O/S FIELD
SXPL3
90
59
37339
O/S FIELD
SXPL3
90
60
37340
BEFORE RND-A-BOUT
SXPL3
90
61
102928
JUNC SINFIN LN
FL
11
62
102929
JUNC SINFIN LN
FL
11
63
102930
JUNC VICTORY RD
FL
11
64
102931
JUNC VICTORY RD
FL
11
The following photographs were taken on
Sunday, 27th March 2011.
Wilmore Road was lit in two phases
- the first is documented in
the following video:
The second is pictured below:
Numerous overhead high voltage
electricity transmission lines exist at the
Merrill Way end of Wilmore Road. Owing to the
close proximity of these lines to the street lighting apparatus, most of the new
columns are base-hinged, in order to allow maintenance on the lanterns to be
undertaken from ground level. The columns around the
Victory Road roundabout are only 5 m in height; anything taller would
not leave sufficient clearance between the lantern and the lines.
The outgoing columns here were 8 m in
height, and mostly supported integrally-geared
Philips MA 90 90 Watt SOX lanterns. Not all
of the new columns are hinged or are of a truncated height, as this 10 m
unhinged column proves.
The new
lanterns run 150 Watt SON-T lamps.
An identical
setup existed for the next installation, although the old
and new columns are spaced more closely together here.
A close-up of
the two lanterns reveals that a bowl clip is not fastened on
the MA 90, and a
Philips-made lamp is
employed in the Iridium.
The following
new installation marked the end of "standard" column use, as
the overhead lines again came into close proximity with the
lighting.
At least this
MA 90's bowl is fully secured!
While the
outgoing columns remained at 8 m in height, the new columns
are now 6 m. Incidentally, the outgoing columns along here
date from 1971, and originally supported
Atlas/Thorn Alpha 3 MBF
lanterns but may later have supported
GEC Z9454 90 Watt SOX lanterns.
The Iridium's
optics are such that additional bracketry (to locate the lighting centre
correctly) is not required.
These Iridiums
each run 100 Watt SON-T, and incorporate flat glass covers;
possibly as a way of reducing glare. I happened to pass by
the columns while the lanterns were being fitted, the day
before these photographs were taken. Unusually,
GE-made SON lamps are
employed here; at least this will prevent the column hinge
mechanisms from seizing up...
The difference
in column height is clearly demonstrated below:
The new
lanterns were not yet operational at the time of
photographing.
The inside of
this MA 90 looked particularly grubby.
Looking back
along the installations, we can see that each of the new
hinged columns is spaced about halfway between two outgoing
columns.
