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GEC Z5530C "Brookvale"
The rarer version of the Z5530 (Mk2 Brookvale) with clear glass bowl and refractor ring.
By 2005, only 3 of these lanterns remained in Plymouth. Replacement works meant that by 2008 only 1 example remained, and luckily was saved for the collection.
The glassware dates the lantern to 1959, and although running 80w Mercury lamp originally, the lantern was running 70w SONT in latter years.
This photo courtesy of davidatblas shows a Z5530C in use in Plymouth in 1966 albeit minus its refractor ring:
www.flickr.com/photos/12549538@N08/6880319621/in/faves-da...
Scene today showing c1977 steel 'hockey stick' column:
maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Oakfield+Terrace+Rd,+Plymouth,+U...
GEC Z5530C "Brookvale"
The rarer version of the Z5530 (Mk2 Brookvale) with clear glass bowl and refractor ring.
By 2005, only 3 of these lanterns remained in Plymouth. Replacement works meant that by 2008 only 1 example remained, and luckily was saved for the collection.
The glassware dates the lantern to 1959, and although running 80w Mercury lamp originally, the lantern was running 70w SONT in latter years.
This photo courtesy of davidatblas shows a Z5530C in use in Plymouth in 1966 albeit minus its refractor ring:
www.flickr.com/photos/12549538@N08/6880319621/in/faves-da...
Scene today showing c1977 steel 'hockey stick' column:
maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Oakfield+Terrace+Rd,+Plymouth,+U...