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| Filename: | GEC_Clearmain.jpg |
| Album name: | Tom / Mercury Vapour / HPS / Metal Halide Lanterns |
| Manufacturer: | GEC of England |
| Model: | Clearmain |
| Power Consumption: | Lamp dependant. 250-400w mercury or 300-500w GLS tungsten. |
| Working Voltage: | 240v |
| Cap Type: | E40 GES |
| Comments: | Spotted this fine lantern and column at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell. |
| Date / Code: | 1950s |
| Filesize: | 303 KiB |
| Date added: | Jul 30, 2013 |
| Dimensions: | 933 x 1037 pixels |
| Displayed: | 117 times |
| URL: | https://allthingslighting.co.uk/atl/displayimage.php?pid=16302 |
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Comment 1 to 7 of 7 Page: 1 |
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Why, oh why, oh why have we ripped out most of our streetlighting heritage and replaced it with rubbish!? This is a perfect example, just how they used to make 'em!
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I'm pretty sure that's an old 300-500w GLS lurking in there. Would be lush if it was an MA but substations were predominately GLS lit for instant light! Great to see the old phase colours on top of those insulators too. If that was in the new colours, they would be hardly distinguishable!
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That's a lovely lantern. I like the column too, reminds me of being a kid again!
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identical setup to some compounds down here. fabulous looking setup. must have been standard issue in the 50s
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Alot of other subs around here, they've cut the heads off the columns and fitted halogens or SON floods!
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You would have to be brave to re-lamp this, next to a 132KV bus!
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down here they just bolted Thorn halogens down lower and left the GECs in situ :woohoo:
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