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Waterloo Bridge lamp, Semaphore
Originally one of 40 gas lamps on London‘s Waterloo Bridge (opened 1817), offered to Port Adelaide Council in 1936 when bridge was to be rebuilt. Lamp was to be erected on the future Birkenhead Bridge, however the lamp languished in Council depot as its design did not fit with the architect’s modern bridge. In 1946 it was erected in a garden near the bridge, at a later date it was relocated to the grounds of Glanville Hall at Semaphore.
“The Port Adelaide City Council was informed by letter last night that the London County Council had granted its request for a lamp from the Waterloo Bridge, which was recently demolished. It has been suggested that the lamp should be placed in a prominent position on the Birkenhead Bridge.” [Advertiser 13 Mar 1936]
“A link between the old Waterloo Bridge, which spans the Thames, and the proposed Birkenhead Bridge, to span the Port River, will be established when a lamp from the historic London bridge is placed on the Birkenhead Bridge. The lamp is a gift to the Port Adelaide Council from the London County Council. Twenty months ago Mr. Herbert Morrison knocked out the first stone on the old Waterloo Bridge, and since then men have been working on the demolition of the structure, which had began to subside into the mud, making rebuilding necessary.” [The Mail 4 Apr 1936]
“The Chief Inspector of Factories in South Australia, Mr. J. P. Burnside, who will leave for England shortly, will arrange for the collection and shipment to Australia of two lamp standards from the bridge. They have been presented to the Port Adelaide City Council by the London County Council, and one will be erected at each end of the new Birkenhead Bridge when it is constructed.” [News 16 Apr 1936]
“The chief engineer of the London County Council (Mr. T. Pierson Frank) has informed the Port Adelaide City Council that it would not be possible to grant the request for a second lamp standard from the recently demolished Waterloo Bridge, as they had all been allocated. The council had intended to erect a lamp at each end of the new Birkenhead Bridge. An earlier request for one lamp was granted by the London County Council.” [Advertiser 10 Jun 1936]
“As shipping charges on the Waterloo Bridge lamp standard donated by the London County Council have amounted to £18/11/. including £7 for insurance, the Port Adelaide Council has decided to approach the Orient Line for a reduction in freight charges. The lamp standard, which arrived in the liner Orford last Saturday, is to be erected on the proposed Birkenhead Bridge. Lamp standards from Waterloo Bridge have been sent to various parts of the Empire. [News 28 Aug 1936]
“Lying in the Port Adelaide Corporation depot waiting for some one to suggest a use for it, is one of the big gas lamps taken from the Waterloo Bridge when it was demolished some years ago. . . It was originally intended to have the lamp placed on the Birkenhead Bridge, but its value is sentimental rather than aesthetic, and the architects and designers of the bridge showed little enthusiasm for the suggestion that povision [sic] should be .made for the lamp in the design of the bridge. The lamp stands about 5½ ft. high on an iron base of about the same height, giving the lamp and stand an overall height of about 11 ft. with a base 24 in. square. It has been suggested that it should be used as a silent cop, suitably fenced off, at one of the busier points of the city with an electric light installed in the old square gas lamp. . . It cost the council about £30 to bring the lamp out to Australia.” [Advertiser 4 Feb 1938]
“A suggestion. . . that the lamp should be placed in the new traffic island near the Hindmarsh Bridge has been received unfavorably by the council authorities.” [Advertiser 8 Feb 1938]
“After various suggestions for the disposal of the Waterloo Bridge lamp. . . it was decided that Alderman Clouston and the City Engineer (Mr. W. W. Tapp) should find a suitable site for the lamp as a traffic cop near the site of the Birkenhead Bridge, preferably in Nelson street.” [Advertiser 11 Feb 1938]
“Two ornamental lamps are to be erected in front of the new Port Adelaide Council offices, and the old lamp from Waterloo Bridge. London, has been again inspected as it reclines with lumber in a council yard. But the new building is architecturally modern, and the lamp old in design, so the two would not harmonise.” [News 1 Feb 1940]
“The cable announcing that London's new Waterloo Bridge was for the first time, fully open for traffic today, reminded me to ring the Port Adelaide Corporation offices to see what happened to one of the big gas lamps from the old Waterloo Bridge which was presented to the council by the London County Council in 1936. . . I was told the lamp is still stored away in the council yard. . . The new Waterloo Bridge was started in October, 1937, and construction went on all through the blitz.” [News 21 Nov 1944]
“Port Adelaide will have an historic link with London soon when a bronze lamp from the old Waterloo Bridge is erected near the Birkenhead Bridge. . . It is one of the 40 lamps of the original Waterloo Bridge. All the lamps are distributed throughout the Empire. The Port Adelaide Council recently decided to erect the lamp in a garden plot on the Birkenhead approach to the bridge.” [Advertiser 20 Jun 1946]
Waterloo Bridge lamp, Semaphore
Originally one of 40 gas lamps on London‘s Waterloo Bridge (opened 1817), offered to Port Adelaide Council in 1936 when bridge was to be rebuilt. Lamp was to be erected on the future Birkenhead Bridge, however the lamp languished in Council depot as its design did not fit with the architect’s modern bridge. In 1946 it was erected in a garden near the bridge, at a later date it was relocated to the grounds of Glanville Hall at Semaphore.
“The Port Adelaide City Council was informed by letter last night that the London County Council had granted its request for a lamp from the Waterloo Bridge, which was recently demolished. It has been suggested that the lamp should be placed in a prominent position on the Birkenhead Bridge.” [Advertiser 13 Mar 1936]
“A link between the old Waterloo Bridge, which spans the Thames, and the proposed Birkenhead Bridge, to span the Port River, will be established when a lamp from the historic London bridge is placed on the Birkenhead Bridge. The lamp is a gift to the Port Adelaide Council from the London County Council. Twenty months ago Mr. Herbert Morrison knocked out the first stone on the old Waterloo Bridge, and since then men have been working on the demolition of the structure, which had began to subside into the mud, making rebuilding necessary.” [The Mail 4 Apr 1936]
“The Chief Inspector of Factories in South Australia, Mr. J. P. Burnside, who will leave for England shortly, will arrange for the collection and shipment to Australia of two lamp standards from the bridge. They have been presented to the Port Adelaide City Council by the London County Council, and one will be erected at each end of the new Birkenhead Bridge when it is constructed.” [News 16 Apr 1936]
“The chief engineer of the London County Council (Mr. T. Pierson Frank) has informed the Port Adelaide City Council that it would not be possible to grant the request for a second lamp standard from the recently demolished Waterloo Bridge, as they had all been allocated. The council had intended to erect a lamp at each end of the new Birkenhead Bridge. An earlier request for one lamp was granted by the London County Council.” [Advertiser 10 Jun 1936]
“As shipping charges on the Waterloo Bridge lamp standard donated by the London County Council have amounted to £18/11/. including £7 for insurance, the Port Adelaide Council has decided to approach the Orient Line for a reduction in freight charges. The lamp standard, which arrived in the liner Orford last Saturday, is to be erected on the proposed Birkenhead Bridge. Lamp standards from Waterloo Bridge have been sent to various parts of the Empire. [News 28 Aug 1936]
“Lying in the Port Adelaide Corporation depot waiting for some one to suggest a use for it, is one of the big gas lamps taken from the Waterloo Bridge when it was demolished some years ago. . . It was originally intended to have the lamp placed on the Birkenhead Bridge, but its value is sentimental rather than aesthetic, and the architects and designers of the bridge showed little enthusiasm for the suggestion that povision [sic] should be .made for the lamp in the design of the bridge. The lamp stands about 5½ ft. high on an iron base of about the same height, giving the lamp and stand an overall height of about 11 ft. with a base 24 in. square. It has been suggested that it should be used as a silent cop, suitably fenced off, at one of the busier points of the city with an electric light installed in the old square gas lamp. . . It cost the council about £30 to bring the lamp out to Australia.” [Advertiser 4 Feb 1938]
“A suggestion. . . that the lamp should be placed in the new traffic island near the Hindmarsh Bridge has been received unfavorably by the council authorities.” [Advertiser 8 Feb 1938]
“After various suggestions for the disposal of the Waterloo Bridge lamp. . . it was decided that Alderman Clouston and the City Engineer (Mr. W. W. Tapp) should find a suitable site for the lamp as a traffic cop near the site of the Birkenhead Bridge, preferably in Nelson street.” [Advertiser 11 Feb 1938]
“Two ornamental lamps are to be erected in front of the new Port Adelaide Council offices, and the old lamp from Waterloo Bridge. London, has been again inspected as it reclines with lumber in a council yard. But the new building is architecturally modern, and the lamp old in design, so the two would not harmonise.” [News 1 Feb 1940]
“The cable announcing that London's new Waterloo Bridge was for the first time, fully open for traffic today, reminded me to ring the Port Adelaide Corporation offices to see what happened to one of the big gas lamps from the old Waterloo Bridge which was presented to the council by the London County Council in 1936. . . I was told the lamp is still stored away in the council yard. . . The new Waterloo Bridge was started in October, 1937, and construction went on all through the blitz.” [News 21 Nov 1944]
“Port Adelaide will have an historic link with London soon when a bronze lamp from the old Waterloo Bridge is erected near the Birkenhead Bridge. . . It is one of the 40 lamps of the original Waterloo Bridge. All the lamps are distributed throughout the Empire. The Port Adelaide Council recently decided to erect the lamp in a garden plot on the Birkenhead approach to the bridge.” [Advertiser 20 Jun 1946]