Local Philips K/SGS 203s

The SGS 203 is a popular lantern all over the UK and certainly examples can be seen in Derbyshire. It isn't used here in great numbers, however - probably due to Thorn's Alpha 8 being a preferred choice. Wattages range from 70w to 250w SON but there is also a 55w QL Induction lamp version in use, as well as the odd mercury example. The polycarbonate bowl version is the most popular around here; though a few flat-glass examples exist in places.

The QL version is shown first:

And at night...

This example is a one-off in the area and is located on Enoch Stone Drive in Spondon.

Another unusual variant of the SGS 203 - these examples on a footpath off Broadway in Darley Abbey run White SON lamps.

This example can be found in a car park off Stratford Road in Chaddesden - it is running a 125w mercury lamp. The lantern would officially therefore be a HGS 203 although it is an in-house conversion and so is probably still labelled as an SGS 203.

This freshly installed (27th June 2005) 70w SON SGS 203 is located in one of the closes off the Brisbane Road estate in Mickleover; replacing a concrete column of some repute. A large-scale replacement programme using Industria Arcs began on this estate a few months after this SGS was installed, however the lantern was retained.

This example is on the corner of Iron Gate and St Mary's Gate. The flowers to the right of both pictures are in a hanging basket - hanging from a DW Windsor Windsor!

Several flat-glass examples exist in a car park in Matlock. They are fitted to CU steel columns with long outreach brackets.

This 150w example is on a junction leading onto a sliproad for the A516. This and several others were added to compensate the existing lighting which consisted of Thorn Pilote T2s. The bowls have started to discolour from the UV rays emitted by the lamp.

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