P179
Local Post-Top Lanterns
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| This heritage lantern can be seen around the Darley Abbey area of Derby and on the Slopes in Buxton. | Another heritage lantern - this design can also be found in the Darley Abbey area; as well as the Markeaton Brook footpath in Derby City Centre. | Used very little here - it appears that the P179 is only used as a replacement for Gamma 3s (information further down this page). | Again, this lantern is not widely used in this area - the only one I know of is at a mini-roundabout near the Raynesway by-pass. One was installed at the Stenson Rd roundabout on the ring road until the early 2000s but was removed when pedestrian crossings were installed at two of the roads off the roundabout. |
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| Although the Concourse is more widely seen in this area on educational property, it started appearing in car parks in 2005 using 100w 'Metal Arc' lamps. At the time, metal halide was a new option for the Concourse - previously, the only lamp types that could be used was SON and mercury. |
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| Yet another ornate lantern to be found in the Darley Abbey Area - I suspect that these lanterns might be newer than the Phosco ones. | The Windsor is used on Derby's Iron Gate and also in some parks and open spaces around the area where modern-looking lanterns would look out of place. The Iron Gate Windsors were installed in the mid 1990s when the road was closed to through traffic. |
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| Several examples of this lantern can be seen near Bolsover Castle. Many of the examples are fitted to Revo cast iron columns which makes it difficult to date them. | This lantern was generally used as a footpath lantern on many housing estates built between the late 1970s and early 1980s in the Derby City area; however some were used to light the side roads of these estates as well. Although mercury versions were available, examples around here were always SOX - typically 35w; though some were fitted with 55w lamps. In the 1990s and early 2000s, the trend was always to fit a 35w lamp. This policy seems to have been revised in 2006 as several lanterns have been spotted running 55w lamps again. | I did not realise that there were any Z5699s in this area until Thursday, 27th July 2006 when I went on a history tour of Derby's City Centre. The one I spotted is on the riverside footpath behind housing on Duke Street. I would think that it dates from about the same time as the Z5698Us in the city. This example has now been removed - please have a look at the page for an explanation. |
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2400 'Pathfinder' |
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| The 2015 appeared in this area in the mid 1990s but was not widely used - it only appeared in significant numbers on footpaths on Derby's (then new) Pride Park development; though one or two other examples appeared on footpaths leading to recreation grounds at this time as well. | The Pathfinder is even less common and its purpose here really seems to be to provide white(r) light than what was already in use in an area. For this reason, it is always used as a 'replacement' lantern and has not yet appeared on a brand new column. |
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| The Precinct is quite a rare lantern in this area; with examples really only being in and around Derby's Arboretum Park. Various lamp combinations exist - from 70W-110W SON, and 125W MBF. |
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| As with the DW Windsor 'Windsor', the Metcraft Victoria is used in locations where 'period' lighting is more suited. A variety of lamp types are used - perhaps the most unusual being the 55W QL Induction lamp. |
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| I only know of one EP145 in this area - it is located on an Abacus raise-and-lower column in an alleyway to the left of Derby Cathedral and looks to have been a replacement for something else. | This lantern was never widely used in this area however several were installed along East Street on 10m Thorn Aluminium columns when the Eagle Shopping centre was built in the 1970s. | This lantern found a use on many footpaths and car parks owned by Housing Associations - usually running mercury lamps though a small number used 35w SOX. | This lantern took over from the Z5698U - it first started appearing in the mid 1980s in housing estates dating from this time. Many footpaths on older housing estates were lit for the first time around then as well; and so the Gamma 6 was the choice lantern. The lantern was later used to replace failed Z5698Us until the late 1990s. The choice of lamp was usually 35w SOX, however 70w SON and even 80w mercury examples were used in places. | With the Gamma 6 being discontinued in 2002, the Basique was brought out as a replacement - though it only started appearing here in 2005 as post-top replacements between these three years usually consisted of the column being made side-entry with the addition of a bracket. | The Johanna is confined solely to a small area between Derby's Market Place and Council House. The lanterns use 70w SON lamps and are controlled by Royce Thompson P9 column-mounted cells. |
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| The Royal is used on St Michael's Lane (nothing to do with me, I promise!) in Derby City Centre. I am not quite sure how old the lanterns and columns are but I am guessing that they probably date from the mid-late 1990s or early 2000s. |
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| Both the Shetland and the Skye are essentially the same lantern - the only difference being that the Shetland has an opal bowl whilst the Skye has a clear one. There is only one known Shetland in this area - it is on a footpath near some flats in Littleover and looks to have been a replacement for a Gamma 6 at some point. | The Skye was used in a couple of city-centre parks up until 2004 when most were replaced due to continuing problems with vandalism. Another remained in Little Eaton Park until sometime in mid-2006 when it was replaced with a Philips XGS 103 - the reason behind this is unknown. |
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