166AB. Off Nottingham Road, Woodlinkin, Codnor, Amber Valley Installed within a private garden are two 10 ft (3 m) fluted cast iron columns both topped with a rather unusual lantern choice - an AC Ford AC 800. These were marketed as an anti-vandal option, and rely on an indirect light distribution, making them a less popular (but still, intriguing) lantern in comparison to the more traditional post-top design. The lantern could accommodate a 100 - 150 Watt GLS (incandescent tungsten filament), 50 - 125 Watt MBF (mercury vapour) or 70 Watt SON (high pressure sodium) lamp.

The two columns are seen within the grounds of the property. A third, out-of-sight column supports a Thorn Gamma 6, which may have served as a replacement for another AC 800 when these installations were used out on a street, though of course, none of the lanterns fitted now would be original.

The rather radical 1960s' appearance of the AC 800 contrasts sharply with the more conservative design of the column.

An inline fuse box is sandwiched between the column and the lantern.

The two installations are pictured again from a different angle.

The lamp is positioned in the lower part of the lantern, and shines upwards through the domed bowl to illuminate the underside of the wide dish-shaped reflector above. To change the lamp, the ring supporting the three rods that hold up the top section hinges backwards, but is secured ordinarily using a grub screw (which appears to be loose on this example).

These examples employ a shorter base casting than the sister AC 802 model does; this being used when the lamp control gear is installed separately, or where a GLS lamp (which requires no control gear) is employed. Top-entry versions were produced too, which must have looked a sight!

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