Street Light Information Sheet
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Street Light Street Views - Old Time Survivors |
Part Twenty Six
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(This is Part Twenty Six 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.)
Double and triple opal glass globes. (Santa Fe Plaza)
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| Homewood, PA |
A MV radial wave on a scroll arm. (3rd Avenue and Brighton Street)
Low intensity pedestrian lighting. (Norwood Drive)
A radial wave retrofitted with a TCP LED lamp. (Reservoir Street)
| Mt. Dora, FL |
LED powered radial waves. (Dora Drawdy Way)
| Hampton, VA |
Opal glass Quintuplets, 1914. (Historic post office, Queen St., now a wedding and conference venue)
| Columbia, SC |
Incredible sectional luminaires, 1928. (Gervais Street Bridge, Congaree River)
Sectionals on the campus. (University of South Carolina)
Quintuplets lining the stairs. (South Carolina State House)
| Chapel Hill, NC |
Post sectionals. (Cameron Avenue)
(When I used to swing on these in the '50s they were incandescent. They have been converted to LEDs.)
Close-up of one of the 3000 Kelvin lighting packages. (Paul Green Dr.)
| Yosemite National Park, CA |
Radial waves still on the job. (Yosemite Village)
| Waterloo, IA |
Quintuplets (with one globe apparently replaced.) (W. 4th Street)
Quintuplets on the bridge. (14th Street Bridge, Cedar River)
| New York City, NY |
Harp lamps - mid century reproductions. (City Hall, Centre Street)
Quintuplet opal glass fixtures. (Surrogate Court, Chambers Street)
Decorative Posts. (Thomas Paine Park, Foley Square)
A dayburner. (E. 161 Street)
Subway Globes. (Joralemon and Court Streets, Brooklyn)
Quintuplets. (Brooklyn Borough Hall, Court St.)
A better view. (Back entrance, Brooklyn Borough Hall, Joralemon St.)
Old doubles. (Columbus Park, Court St.)
Unusual pillar posts. (State Court, Cadman Plaa E., Brooklyn)
