71. Walton Rd, Drakelow. On the road leading to the power station are a number of gear-in-head GEC Z9481s, mounted on Revo pole brackets. The lanterns are controlled using pole-mounted NEMA sockets these days, but may have been originally on time switches - certainly the tungsten fittings before them would have been. Most of the installations are in quite poor condition - the brackets are rusty, and the lanterns need cleaning out internally. However, a couple have been refurbished somewhat, and it is hoped that eventually the same can be done for the rest.
The first two pictures show an unrefurbished example; the third one shows a Z9481 that has been refurbished - and very good it looks too!
I revisited this site on Saturday, 2nd September 2006 and the unrestored lantern at the top of this page had now been restored. The bracket and lantern canopy had been painted factory green.
One thing which saddened me, however, was that several of the other lanterns had been vandalised. Bowls and lamps were damaged or missing completely - one lantern had temporarily been fitted with a Beta 5's bowl.
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