Timber Mill Way, Clapham, London Borough of Lambeth With thanks to Dwight for informing me of these Survivors. Installed throughout much of this road are a number of 1960s' 20 ft (6 m) 'Midway-X' concrete columns and 'Midway' side-entry brackets made by Concrete Utilities, with many of these still supporting their original Phosware (the lantern division of CU) P125 lanterns, for 60 - 85 Watt SO/H / SOI/H, and more recently, 35 - 55 Watt SOX (low pressure sodium) lamps. Their survival can be attributed to Timber Mill Way being a private road (although it is open at both ends, allowing traffic to bypass part of Gauden Road, which runs parallel. Of course, the land upon which this road exists is likely to have been home to a timber mill in the past (a builder's yard is shown on older maps), though in much earlier times, sidings for the adjacent Clapham High Street station (as it is known today) existed here instead.

The first column to support a P125 is seen on a bend a short distance from the junction with Gauden Road. The presence of a much newer (and shorter) tubular steel column supporting a solar-powered LED lantern suggests that the old lighting system is redundant at this point.

The concrete is in good condition if the installation is abandoned; no obvious signs of spalling are present.

The P125 is also believed to have been able to accommodate 60 Watt SLI/H (linear sodium) lamps, but no examples have been discovered of these (yet), owing to the discontinuation of SLI/H lamp production in the 1980s. Even the SOX version never gained much popularity when compared to rival products.

Surrounding trees obscured the next installation slightly, with the column base (with its inspection door missing) being the first thing that I spotted when looking for the following column.

The bowl has suffered slight damage (possibly, caused by the tree branches whacking it repeatedly). A low profile photocell (or blank NEMA socket) appears to be positioned in the centre of the canopy.

A Philips L4045BX ballast remains in the base, although as the door has been missing for so long (the oldest Google Street View imagery available, dating from October 2008, still shows it as being absent, although a plastic bag and safety tape was used to plug the aperture at the time), much of its identification stamp, including the separate date code, are now missing or illegible. A capacitor clip is installed, but the capacitor itself is missing. A small fuse unit provides the necessary local isolation.

The next installation was in far better condition.

Emirates-owned Airbus A380 A6-EUI (travelling from Heathrow to Dubai) passed overhead while the bracket was being photographed. The bracket itself appears slightly misaligned in relation to the column.

A small hole exists in the middle of the bowl refractor on this side of the lantern. Visible within the bowl is the 55 Watt SOX lamp, while the "Oddie" key used in securing the bowl support ring to the rear of the canopy looks to be missing.

At the Gauden Close end of the road, two 15 ft (5 m) 'Byway-X' columns with side-entry Arc 4 brackets were installed instead (the road does narrow slightly here). One of these still featured its original P152 lantern; again, made by Phosware (Phosco in the modern era).

A wire guard surrounded the bowl. Although the bowl is hanging open anyway, the guard appears to be installed the wrong way around, with two gaps provided to accommodate the bowl hinges, which would be on the other side of the lantern.

Some wall-mounted (and of later installation) Thorn Beta 2 lanterns, again for 55 Watt lamps, were also to be seen.

The lamps for these three examples looked as if they had seen considerable use, with two of the lamps having the characteristic blackened outer bulbs caused the sodium vapour reacting with the outer oxide coating.

Two further Beta 2s were installed on a building behind the P152.

The lamps here looked newer.

Urbis ZX12 lanterns had been used as earlier replacements to the remaining P125s.

This bracket was also free from any signs of spalling.

Sadly, the bowl on this example is broken, although the 100 Watt SON-T (tubular high pressure sodium) lamp is intact.

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