Richardson Candle-modified
This is the only Richardson 'Candle' in the Centre of old Cambridge that was modified and updated in the 1990s in an attempt to improve the lighting from this 1957 vintage fluorescent installation, without having to resort to replacing the famous Candles. However, the conversion was deemed unsuccessful and no other Candles were converted. In 2009 with an impending PFI street lighting renewal scheme in the offing, the Candle installation is still under threat.
From Streetlighting-UK:
‘A single post top Candle was removed and upgraded in accordance with the Speirs And Major Street Lighting Strategy document. Instead of using four fluorescent tubes, it uses two metal halide bulbs in a specially designed optical system'.
www.simoncornwell.com/lighting/install/cambridge/rc/index...
Richardson Candle-modified
This is the only Richardson 'Candle' in the Centre of old Cambridge that was modified and updated in the 1990s in an attempt to improve the lighting from this 1957 vintage fluorescent installation, without having to resort to replacing the famous Candles. However, the conversion was deemed unsuccessful and no other Candles were converted. In 2009 with an impending PFI street lighting renewal scheme in the offing, the Candle installation is still under threat.
From Streetlighting-UK:
‘A single post top Candle was removed and upgraded in accordance with the Speirs And Major Street Lighting Strategy document. Instead of using four fluorescent tubes, it uses two metal halide bulbs in a specially designed optical system'.
www.simoncornwell.com/lighting/install/cambridge/rc/index...