Bryant Road, Bayton Road Industrial Estate, Bedworth Hill, Exhall, Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwickshire With thanks to 'Aleksander' for informing me of these Survivors. Installed on this short industrial estate cul-de-sac are several 8 m / 25 ft tubular steel columns that still supported SOX (low pressure sodium) lanterns in May 2026 - the likely reason for their retention being that the road may not be adopted by the Local Authority. Out of all of the installations, the first one to be passed when entering the estate is likely to be the only all-original example; the rest having received replacement lanterns (or even, entire columns in some instances) over the years. This first column supports an ELECO GR 150, which was designed for running the 150 Watt SOX lamp - annoyingly for ELECO, the lamp was re-rated towards the end of the 1960s, becoming the 135 Watt lamp instead, though the lantern's name was never, similarly, updated to reflect this change.
The mounting height of this lantern is slightly lower than for which the GR 150 is designed, though the installation still seems relatively in proportion.
The bracket features a slight uplift between the column and the lantern, with a triangular gusset plate welded beneath the pipe providing additional support for the lantern.
The detector for a Royce Thompson P42 two-part photocell is visible on the GR 150's canopy. This too may be original to when the column was installed.
The next column had been knocked down, with Google Street View imagery suggesting that this had occurred by 2016. The column appeared to have supported a Philips MA 90, with its lamp control gear housed remotely. The following column, a British Steel product, also supported an MA 90; albeit, an integrally geared version.
The lantern had twisted on its bracket, and judging by where dirt and bird droppings had gathered on the bowl, it had been in this condition for some time. The lantern appears to be devoid of a lamp.
The lichen and moss-covered canopy was visible when the lantern was viewed from the opposite direction.
A 10 m column followed, supporting an MA 50. The final light on the cul-de-sac featured a column and bracket of the same design as the example seen at the start was, though the GR 150 here had been exchanged for a GEC Z9554M.
The ELECO lantern must have suffered significant damage to require replacing completely, given that both it and the Z9554M have the lamp control gear situated remotely, so component failure is unlikely to be a factor in the original lantern's replacement.
A common weak point on Z9554 bowls is the rear section after the refractor panel - as can be seen here, the acrylic is cracked. In some cases, this portion falls away completely, though with the rest of the bowl being secured with two hinges and two clips, the damage doesn't usually result in the loss of the entire bowl.
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