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Rare Eleco Open Mercury Lanterns in Wheldrake (York)

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Rare Eleco Open Mercury Lanterns in Wheldrake (York)
Rare Eleco Open Mercury L...

Rare Eleco Open Mercury Lanterns in Wheldrake (York)
Rare Eleco Open Mercury L...

Rare Eleco Open Mercury Lanterns in Wheldrake (York)

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Uploaded by: mazeteam
Imagename: Rare Eleco Open Mercury Lanterns in Wheldrake (York)
Image Description: Originally tungsten, these rare beasties are original to their columns and to the roads they illuminate, and likely are also what used to be installed on other columns of the same vintage elsewhere in York. These lanterns were designed without a bowl and the lamp open to the elements, with only a glass refractor ring to focus the beam of light.
At some point these were converted to more efficient mercury operation, by removing the 2 pin BC lampholder and replacing with a 3 pin BC one and wiring up a ballast in the column base. Possibly at the same time, two-part photocells were fitted (they look to be of 1970's vintage).
As of September 2010 these lanterns are now due for imminent replacement, as new columns have sprung up alongside, fitted with 42w PL-T Thorn Jet's.


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images 1 and 2 - previously a dayburner tucked away in a quiet cul-de-sac, the fact this is no longer dayburning may mean the service connection has already been changed over, meaning the columns could be pulled any day soon
images 3 to 6 - the next lantern along. captured in the sunlight to show off the shape of the lantern on what could be it's final days. Also in image 3 there is a random guy in a van watching me! ;)
image 7 - View of two of these Open Mercury lanterns and their replacements
images 8 and 9 - the two survivors without new columns alongside. these are hiding in a corner of the village and may just be forgotten about. pics taken from inside a van, hence the window marks.
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Uploaded: Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:35 am
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