Street Light Information Sheet Willis Lamm   Street Light Street Views - Old Time Survivors Part Five

(This is Part Five 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.) A few agencies and entities have salvaged functional classic street lamps and have reinstalled them with more efficient illumination packages. Some of these installations are for area lighting such as the vintage Line Material luminaires that light a parking lot at the State College of Florida campus at Bradenton.   SCF Bradenton Very clean reinstallations. Close-up of the heads and ballast package.   Bronxville, NY Bronxville has preserved literally hundreds of vintage street lamps, predominantly GE Form 79-VR fixtures. Also quite a few original decorative post lamps with opal glass globes can still be seen. A Form 79-SO. (Pondfield Road) Incandescent bulbs still in use. (Pondfield Road) A view against blue sky. (Meadow Avenue) An opal glass globe decorative post lamp. (Pondfield Road)   Orinda, CA Opal glass pane type decorative post lamp - circa 1935. (East portal, Caldecott Tunnel) HPS lanterns. (Orinda Way and Santa Maria Way) Mid-century modern. (Camino Pablo)   Sausalito, CA Series GE Form 81 luminaires on artistic posts. (Caledonia Street)   Lovelock, NV Post acorns of various vintages, some dating back to 1938. (Main Street and Dartmouth Avenue)   Auburn, CA A few surviving sectionals. (Lincoln Way) Some double lanterns. (Placer County Courthouse, Court Street and Lincoln Way) Opal glass quintuplets. (Placer County Courthouse, Lincoln Way and Maple Street) (The original animal drinking bowls were converted to planters.) Night view. (Placer County Courthouse, Court Street and Lincoln Way)   Las Vegas, NV Old federal buildings are great sources for antique and vintage outdoor and street lighting. Ironically this former federal building is now inhabited by the Mob Museum. Sectionals dating back to the 1930s (Stewart Avenue) Close-up of the intricate pedestal iron work.   Charlotte Amalie, St. Croix US Virgin Islands The US Virgin Islands belonged to Denmark until 1917 when the US bought the islands for $25 million in gold for strategic purposes during World War I. Many of the Danish names still exist and people still drive vehicles on the left on the islands' narrow streets. While most street lighting is modern, a few interesting artifacts can still be found. Wall mounted lamps used to line alleys and narrow streets. A few still exist. (Palm Passage ) One of a few posts still around. (Norre Gade) Ornamental post for stairway lighting. (Moravian Church, Norre Gade) A post lamp refitted with an LED corn bulb. (Main Street, AKA Kronsprindsens Gade) An example of earlier vintage posts. (Norre Gade and Veterans' Memorial Park) Quadruplets. (Curacao Gade) (Note the modification - a PC mounted on a length of conduit sticking out of the center.)   Sioux Falls, SD Short post acorns at the entrance. Singles and doubles on the street. (S. Phillips Avenue) Closer view of the short posts. Please note: If you notice any entries that need correction or are aware of vintage lights still in service that should be added to this section, please Email Me.

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