Revo of Tipton - street lighting catalogue c1938 - cast iron columns 2
From the c1938 catalogue issued by the Tipton based Revo Electric, one of the UK's largest manufacturers of street lighting equipment.
These were the days when, frequently, each local authority had their 'own' design of street lamp columns and the name was often used to designate the type - although sometimes I suspect names were just 'chosen'! Here we have the Eastbourne, Moseley, Worthing and Broadwater. These are all 'side street' or Class B road columns as they vary between 10 and 13ft in height.
The Eastbourne was certainly used in that seaside town and indeed, in 2022, several of this pattern still survive with swan neck brackets and modern LED lanterns. The Moseley possibly dates from before incorporation into the City of Birmingham but this column is oddly one of the most widespread you will find as the pattern appears to have been used for decades, as one of Revo/Relite's last castings, as well as having been used as the basis of manufacturing many modern 'heritage' street lamps.
Revo of Tipton - street lighting catalogue c1938 - cast iron columns 2
From the c1938 catalogue issued by the Tipton based Revo Electric, one of the UK's largest manufacturers of street lighting equipment.
These were the days when, frequently, each local authority had their 'own' design of street lamp columns and the name was often used to designate the type - although sometimes I suspect names were just 'chosen'! Here we have the Eastbourne, Moseley, Worthing and Broadwater. These are all 'side street' or Class B road columns as they vary between 10 and 13ft in height.
The Eastbourne was certainly used in that seaside town and indeed, in 2022, several of this pattern still survive with swan neck brackets and modern LED lanterns. The Moseley possibly dates from before incorporation into the City of Birmingham but this column is oddly one of the most widespread you will find as the pattern appears to have been used for decades, as one of Revo/Relite's last castings, as well as having been used as the basis of manufacturing many modern 'heritage' street lamps.