113DCA. Off Kislingbury Road, Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire Installed within the compound for the Kislingbury Telephone Exchange are two 20 ft (6 m) columns, both supporting 'shovel' floodlights that are believed to be made by Simplex. Unlike the similar Benjamin 'Duoflux' floodlights, these products are more curved, and appear slightly smaller, though their operational principle remains the same.
The first of the two columns is located by the driveway leading into the Telephone Exchange.
The columns are 89 mm (3·5 inches) in diameter, except at the very top, where this reduces to 76 mm (3 inches), and the floodlight clamps to the narrower section.
A high-wattage incandescent (GLS) lamp resides within both floodlights - these may well be original to when the exchange was constructed in the late 1960s, or early 1970s.
The other column is on the opposite side of the parking area.
The internal enamelled coating on this example shows slightly more signs of corrosion.
With the fittings being open, only their shape prevents moisture from splashing onto the lamp.
A narrow public footpath circumnavigates the exchange site - the boundary marked by the wooden fence behind the column.
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