I don't know if this will be a trial, or the future of York's streetlighting for the next few years... But these Urbis Sapphires are about to be installed in Mill Lane, Wigginton.
File comment: There's a whole pile of them
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Okay, so the lantern of choice may be moving away from Holophane towards an egg-shaped lantern (which it's been a while since the Arc was in favour about 8-10 years ago)... but why would they change so suddenly?
File comment: NOT your standard E27 lampholder! Also, say hello to USL in the background with his yellow globe!
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Yep, York's getting COSMO! I think these will either be 60w or 90w, depending on the SOX lanterns they are replacing... I think the SOX lanterns are 55w, and if this is the case then 60w CPO will be used.
And it's not just a through road that is getting Cosmo:
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Yeah... they're only ZX1's, not exactly brilliant1 but hey, they look a bit different to normal ZX 1's on the outside, and they have 60w Cosmo lamps. Quite why 60w is needed, I'm not sure. And I thought Morritt Close was fairly close to where I live, and it is - in between where I used to live and now live. Take a look on streetview:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&sourc ... 94,,0,3.46And yes, they will be replacing those rather odd looking post-top QSM's!
I wonder if there's any boxes in that depot with the name of my street on, followed by a lantern type and "60w Cosmo" written on the side?
It's not very often that you get to know the future lantern choice before it's been installed...!