35. Church St, Swadlincote. At the entrance to the Church Gresley Industrial Estate are three Stanton columns with GEC Clearmain Z8403 (Thanks Simon for the identification!) Top Entry mercury lanterns installed. It is hard to know whether they work or not but at least one might - the other two looked to be missing their bowls. The concrete seems to be free of any damage however it has a slight covering of moss from nearby trees. This installation is quite unusual, as the lantern is actually the wrong way round, due to it not being designed for the Group B column - it is actually a 250/400w Group 'A' lantern and should be used on a column of the same group. If the lantern was the correct way round, it would be very difficult to open the bowl, as the clip would almost be touching the bracket.
Swadlincote also had another Survivor - an AEI Crawley (now removed). See Tim's site for information on this. This has now gone into Simon's collection and is awaiting restoration.
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