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a alpha 5 sli 1

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Image Description: Abandoned Thorn Alpha 5/AEI Amberline lantern still fitted with a 140W SLI lamp and mounted to a 35ft Concrete Utilities New Highway column. There are two of these abandoned columns on the pre-M56 alignment of the A556 next to M56 J8 in Cheshire. One retains its bowl, whilst the other reveals its rare SLI lamp. All of the original concrete columns along the A556 in this area probably once had SLI Alpha 5s, but those in Cheshire had their columns replaced, whilst those in Trafford MBC appear to have had replacement Eleco GR150s fitted.
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CommentPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 3:07 pm 
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nice sli lanterns would love one of those. Have a good alpha 6 but no alpha 5


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CommentPosted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 5:15 pm 
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Re: the Alpha 5s. I know these two survivors very well, although a recent visit (Aug 2014) indicates both are now in a very poor condition. You are correct in that these lanterns were indeed used on the majority of the A556 / Chester Rd, certainly as far as Lostock Gralam, before being replaced wholesale by Philips Ma50s. Cheshire CC was a major user of the Alpha 5 lanterns, but it also used GEC Clearmain 9517s, especially around Wilmslow and Handforth on the same sleeved CU columns. As a contrast, new schemes from the 70s, especially on the rural A5102 as far as Woodford, used Thorn Alpha 6 lanterns on Petijean columns.


  
 
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