194AB. Shaw Road, Speke, Liverpool With thanks to Dwight for informing me of this Survivor. Situated adjacent the Arriva bus depot is a 25 ft (8 m) concrete column made by Concrete Utilities (possibly, to their Avenue 3DN design) with its Arc 2 top-entry bracket supporting a Wardle 'Atholl' lantern for 85 - 140 Watt low pressure sodium (SO/H and SOI/H) lamps (the forerunners to the 55 - 90 Watt SOX lamps). This installation is likely to date from the early 1950s, but sadly, is unlikely to be in use any longer. Amazingly, it survived the rebuilding of the main depot building, which was completed by 2012, and saw two further concrete columns to the same design, but in far poorer condition, removed. As the previous two pages have highlighted, Wardle was a popular lantern supplier in Liverpool, and so it is no surprise that (what would have been, when it opened) another municipal site in the City was lit with their equipment.

The column is set back slightly from the main Shaw Road.

For saying that the installation was around 70 years old when pictured in March 2024, only a small portion of the Arc 2 bracket shows signs of damage.

The lantern's Perspex bowl has become translucent through age and exposure to ultraviolet light from the sun. A few small holes are present in the front of the bowl.

Although the underside is slightly clearer, any remaining lamp within the lantern cannot be seen, owing to a slight accumulation of dirt.

The pointed front end of the bowl is a notable feature.

The bowl is also flat-bottomed, while the lantern is rather angular in appearance.

The triangular column base section is unusually long - the taper beginning only above head height.

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