89. Rosliston. Throughout this peaceful South Derbyshire village are several vintage lanterns - a GEC Z8896, a Revo C144108T 'Bell Top' and an ELECO HW-895 post-top. The lanterns are unusual as they were installed as replacements for lanterns much newer than them in 2005/6 - they are fitted with modern elliptical ceramic metal halide lamps to improve colour rendering along the road. Simon has also documented the installation of the Bell Top - click here for details.
The Z8896 is the first lantern in the village when approached from the Burton Upon Trent direction.
The lantern is fitted to an AC Ford wood pole bracket. A polycarbonate bowl is used however it doesn't show any signs of yellowing. The cover over the fuse box is missing.
A close-up of the fuse box - as this is out of the way of the public, it is not an immediate concern.
The lantern is switched via a P42 - the detector is located on the lantern.
The bowl features the usual refractors common with this style of lantern.
The Bell Top is controlled by a one-part Royce Thompson cell; mounted a little way above the bracket.
The Revo bracket and attached AC Ford control box were sand blasted and then painted green before being refitted.
The ELECO HW-895 is fitted to a sleeved Stanton column - the sleeve itself was fitted at the same time as the lantern. When I visited, the lantern was dayburning - this was possibly due to bad weather as I had visited the lantern a week before and it was unlit in daylight.
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