Street Light Information Sheet
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Street Light Street Views - Old Time Survivors |
Part Nineteen
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(This is Part Nineteen of a Street View tour of vintage and historical street and pedestrian lights for enthusiasts to view and in hopes of encouraging cities and towns to preserve some of these old luminaires and electroliers, or at least choose replicas that reflect the character of historic districts when modernizing their lighting. The images link to Google Street Views to make it easy to "look around" if an image interests you. The photos begin in
Part One.)
Metropolitans lining the boardwalk. (Rye Beach)
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| Holbrook, MA |
Wheeler crescent moon with adapter from tube type to solid state photo control. (Clover Road)
| Indianapolis, IN |
Numerous opal glass quintuplets in this block, 1938. (Federal Building, N. Meridian Street)
| Wheeling, WV |
Opal glass quintuplets, 1905. (Post office, Chapline Street)
| Tarrytown, NY |
One of several surviving post opal glass luminaires. (Broadway and Lyndhurst Museum Lane)
| New Bern, NC |
Acorns on the bridge. (Front Street Bridge, Trent River)
Later model acorns on the street. (Front Street)
Triplets at the entrance. (Centenary United Methodist Church, New and Middle Streets)
Ornate posts with unusual globes. (US District Court, Middle Street)
More detailed view. (US District Court, Middle Street)
Decorated for the holidays. (Metcalf and Broad Streets)
| Abilene, TX |
Sectional glass on those classic curved-leg posts (Federal Building, Pine St.)
| Katonah, NY |
New optics. (An added-on photo control can be seen on the side.) (Katonah Avenue and Jay Street)
A close-up of the more modern light package and the tacked on photo control
| Berkeley, CA |
Stately sectionals. (Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, South Hall Road)
More typical decorative posts. (UC Berkeley, South Hall Road)
