GEC vertical "Four-Eighty" fluorescent lantern (Z.8482) : in GEC Street Lighting Equipment catalogue Z (1) 4th Edition 1951
In around 1951 Revo of Tipton, one of GEC's rivals in the street lighting market, manufactured a stylish column and vertical fluorescent lantern for the City of Birmingham and this was made available as the "Festival" in the Revo catalogue. A special version of the 'Festival' was later manufactured to special designs for Cambridge - these being known as "Richardson's Candles". GEC seems to have decided that a similar lantern woudl make a suitable addition to their range and the 1951 catalogue includes this - the 'Vertical "Four-Eighty" - so named as it came equipped with four 80w Osram tubes. One location I do recall these being used was George St in Edinburgh, where they mounted in pairs on double brackets carried a-top of the old centre street tram overhead poles.
GEC vertical "Four-Eighty" fluorescent lantern (Z.8482) : in GEC Street Lighting Equipment catalogue Z (1) 4th Edition 1951
In around 1951 Revo of Tipton, one of GEC's rivals in the street lighting market, manufactured a stylish column and vertical fluorescent lantern for the City of Birmingham and this was made available as the "Festival" in the Revo catalogue. A special version of the 'Festival' was later manufactured to special designs for Cambridge - these being known as "Richardson's Candles". GEC seems to have decided that a similar lantern woudl make a suitable addition to their range and the 1951 catalogue includes this - the 'Vertical "Four-Eighty" - so named as it came equipped with four 80w Osram tubes. One location I do recall these being used was George St in Edinburgh, where they mounted in pairs on double brackets carried a-top of the old centre street tram overhead poles.