On the other side of Alfreton, Derby Road
in Swanwick (the old A61) saw a new passively-safe column featuring an
unusual Y-shaped twin arm bracket installed, following replacement of a
damaged column in 2015. LuxOn Streets were again fitted.
Unlike the other examples seen on this
page, these lanterns are finished in black.
Old meets new here as a couple of LuxOn
Streets can be seen attached to sleeved Stanton 1810 columns on the A6
just south of Ambergate.
Previously, an integrally-geared
Philips MA 50 135 Watt SOX lantern was
fitted.
Unintentionally, the lantern appears to
be mimicking the almost right-angled section where the horizontal
section of the sleeve meets the vertical section.
The MA 50 lanterns were not fitted with
photocells as the stretch of lighting was group switched. As the new
lanterns are fitted with individual photocells, I wonder whether the
group switching has been removed...I hope so, as group switching
individually-celled lanterns sends my OCD into overdrive!
Such is the rapid progression of LED
lantern technology that manufacturers are updating their products at a
much faster rate than occurred with lanterns relying on lamp technology.
This Luxon Street of a slightly revised appearance was installed on
Burton Road in Findern in early 2017, after the sleeved Stanton 1810
concrete column (again, supporting an MA 50), was damaged after being
hit by a vehicle and needed replacing. The double-arm columns visible in
the background, and supporting
Thorn Pilote T2 lanterns provide
illumination to the busy A38 dual carriageway.
While the revised version of the LuxON
Street is the same basic shape as its earlier incarnation was, changes
have been made to the rear section of the lantern; particularly, the
means of attaching the lantern to a column or bracket.
36 LEDs are fitted in this particular
lantern, though the empty spaces for higher quantities can be seen
towards the front of the lantern.
A few of the "Mk II" versions of the
LuxOn Street appeared on Arleston Lane in Stenson Fields in 2017. These
were installed to new 8 m columns that replaced c.1970s' columns
of the same height in 2017. These older columns had supported
ELECO GR 100 90 Watt SOX lanterns for many
years, but these were replaced with
WRTL Arc 100 Watt SON lanterns in the
early 2010s.
These lanterns also run 36 LEDs.
Whereas the previous columns had outreach
brackets fitted, the new columns have the lanterns fitted post-top.
As evidenced by the extra-long grub
screws emerging from the rear of the lantern, the lanterns can be
mounted side-entry instead.
We need not go any further than Ashbourne
in order to see examples of the Mk II version mounted side-entry; the
1950s' Stanton 6 concrete columns along Compton Street and Dig Street
saw these lanterns fitted in early 2017 as replacements for gear-in-head
Philips MA 90 90 Watt SOX lanterns.
There appears to be sufficient length on
the grub screws for even narrower side-entry brackets than this to be
employed in supporting the lantern.
The installation below was pictured in
November 1980, when its original bracket and lantern was fitted; click
here to see the photograph on Picture
the Past.
The size difference between the spigot
entry and the lantern and the bracket diameter is evident here.
The columns were sleeved in the 1990s;
the MA 90s being fitted at the same time.
These lanterns are also fitted with AcRo photocells.
A change made to the Mk II version is the
way that the tilt is set - two grub screws adjust the angle with this
version, whereas the tilt was determined by a sprung pin being inserted
in one of several positions in the Mk I version.
Following the introduction of traffic
signals to the junction of Ashbourne Road and Radbourne Lane in
Mackworth in early 2017, the existing double-arm columns on the
'Derbyshire' side of the junction (as opposed to the other side that is
in 'Derby'), were replaced, and Mk II LuxOn Streets were employed.
These lanterns are switched by individual
Zodion
SS6 photocells rated at 35 Lux.
The same type of double-barrelled spacer
for narrower bracket diameters as used in the Mk I version is seen here.
These lanterns are back up to the full
complement of 68 LEDs.
A 68 LED LCL LuxOn Street (of the
original design) entered my
collection in January 2017. Click
here for more information.
