202IB. West Drive, Brandon, Suffolk Towards the end of this short cul-de-sac is a Concrete Utilities 'Byway NX' 15 ft (5 m) column supporting a Phosware (CU Phosco) P132 top-entry lantern, which may still run an 80 Watt mercury vapour (MBF) lamp in 2024. The P132 never seemed to gain the popularity of rival lanterns from the likes of GEC, ELECO and Revo, making this lantern especially rare in the modern world of LED lanterns, and all the more worthy of being pictured for posterity.

I think that relying on the lantern to provide sufficient illuminance for the remainder of the cul-de-sac is a slightly tall order!

A modern Telensa radio node switches the lantern as necessary; this replaced a Royce Thompson P42 two-part photocell detector.

The original toggle used for securing the bowl support ring to the lantern canopy has been lost over time, necessitating the need to employ a plastic cable tie for this purpose instead.

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