112G. Provost Way, Luton, Bedfordshire With thanks to Dwight for informing me of this Survivor. Installed near the end of this short industrial estate road is a 25 ft (8 m) GEC concrete column supporting a modified Z9451 (the top-entry version of the Z9450) 90 Watt SOX (formerly, 140 Watt SO/H / SOI/H and 100 Watt SOX) lantern; both of which are likely to date from the 1950s. Owing to the proximity of Luton Airport (which opened in 1938), a large circular aluminium hood surrounding the lantern prevents its output from being seen above the horizon - an early form of aero-screening; later lanterns often saw their bowls modified to accommodate an aero-screened bowl instead, although dedicated cut-off lanterns were produced for applications such as this too.

The presence of a security fence immediately in front of the column base, and a modern tubular steel column supporting a Philips SGS 203 lantern, suggests that this installation has fallen into disuse. A second concrete column is visible in the background; however, this is a heavily-butchered Concrete Utilities' product, and today only supports CCTV cameras and floodlights.

A portion of concrete has eroded from the rear of the bracket, exposing the internal steel pipe, as well as part of the metal frame.

The hood carries sufficient depth to encase much of the Z9451's bowl.

Rather than the hood being part of the canopy, it appears to be a separate piece, which must have been fitted to the bracket prior to the lantern being installed.

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