Hello, I'm back from the states. I'm sorry it took me so long to post, I had technical difficulties (jetlag, irritating electronics). This post will use GSV and photos. Now, to begin...
San Fransisco uses a variety of SON and a few LEDs. Pictures start
here. Some of the lanterns are untraceable, But I can identify
M-400A2s (Cobraheads,
M-400R2s,
201SAs,
-250A2,
M-400s(or similar and
OVs.
This is not a streetlight, but still of interest
.
This lantern was mentioned on the Heritage Topic, and I believe I've found one in
China Town. America uses some of the longest brackets I've ever seen.
These ones are longer than the columns! That's enough of San Fransisco, now on to Santa Cruz
On the way to Santa Cruz, I noticed some lanterns at a junction that looked like a cross between a P655 and a ZX3. I can't find the exact spot, but
here's a similar installation. As a side note I found a
night scene by accident! My camera messed up at Santa Cruz, but that didn't matter, because Santa Cruz is mostly lit with LEDs and the usual combination of SON lanterns.
What's the most rustic way to attach a street to a telephone column? With a bit of
wood of course! Most of them sag considerably. The shovel flood is rather common in carparks and so are those massive fluorescents behind the camera!
In San Jose, I noticed Many SOX lanterns. There are [url]these[/url] MA50-ish lanterns and
these Tamcourt-Z9554 hybrids. Oakland has used LED cobra heads on every regular street. Photos start
here. Grand avenue uses old ex-mercury lanterns.
Here's an attempted "arty" shot of one (my phone sometimes auto-enhances or filters photos, so they might look a bit strange). Most of Oakland's LEDs are size 1 or 2, except a few size 3s. Berkeley uses LED lanterns on side roads but still uses brown Cobraheads on main roads. I presume main roads will get LED lanterns soon.
Well, that's a basic summary of what I found.