Introduction & fluorescent lighting : in GEC Street Lighting Equipment catalogue Z (1) 4th Edition 1951
Pages from the GEC, General Electric Company Co ltd of England, street lighting equipment catalogue Z(1) of 1951, this being the 4th edition of the publication. GEC were amongst the major manufacturer's of street lighting equipment and, although not shown here, would also have 'badged' columns manufactured to allow for complete installations. From the late-1930s onwards, major technological steps were made in the design of street lighting and this catalogue shows many of the 'newer' lanterns manufactured by the early 1950s. Such equipment was more 'standarised' in terms of meeting newer industry codes and standards and this meant that the range of lanterns, although still extensive, were increasingly different to older catalogues that included many 'named' lanterns, often after the town or city that specified them.
The catalogue includes main road, side street and 'decorative' lanterns based on the technologies of mercury, sodium, tungsten and fluorescent light sources. In the case of the latter, the 1950s and early '60s were the brief heyday of such lanterns. The catalogue also includes details of the "Osram' lamps and GEC equipment used to control the lanterns.
Introduction & fluorescent lighting : in GEC Street Lighting Equipment catalogue Z (1) 4th Edition 1951
Pages from the GEC, General Electric Company Co ltd of England, street lighting equipment catalogue Z(1) of 1951, this being the 4th edition of the publication. GEC were amongst the major manufacturer's of street lighting equipment and, although not shown here, would also have 'badged' columns manufactured to allow for complete installations. From the late-1930s onwards, major technological steps were made in the design of street lighting and this catalogue shows many of the 'newer' lanterns manufactured by the early 1950s. Such equipment was more 'standarised' in terms of meeting newer industry codes and standards and this meant that the range of lanterns, although still extensive, were increasingly different to older catalogues that included many 'named' lanterns, often after the town or city that specified them.
The catalogue includes main road, side street and 'decorative' lanterns based on the technologies of mercury, sodium, tungsten and fluorescent light sources. In the case of the latter, the 1950s and early '60s were the brief heyday of such lanterns. The catalogue also includes details of the "Osram' lamps and GEC equipment used to control the lanterns.