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FLOURESCENT LIGHTS 4) Popular in the 70's, extremely rare in Vic now, this one in Martin Street, Gardenvale, 1975. 1) Service station light 2) Flourescent fixture, late 1980's 3) Flouro light, car park of Southern Memorial Hospital, Caulfield. 4) Florescent light not replaced, Raglan Street, Preston 5) Old tram warning sign with flourescent light. 6) Suspended light 1970's 7) Car park flouro in Nunawadding. 8) Flouro still shining, Brunswick. 9) Twilight on car park roof.
*New Dec 2002 Fluoro lights in the Met Bus Depot in Doncaster East. MERCURY VAPOUR LIGHTS 1) Very rare fixture in Footscray. 2.5 Similar model, this one with side entry. These once lined Geelong's Bellerine Highway. 2) Sodium on left, MV on right. 3) MV lights on former rail yards. 4) Rare fixture on Footscray Road 5) MV light 6) Day burning one 7) Very old MV light, Salamanca Place, Hobart 8) Very old MV light, Huntingdale, 1960's. 9) Typical 1980's pole design for turning lanes, with MV lights. 10) Another very old MV light, Brighton. 11) Two MV lights. 12) These were mainly on bridges, due to the flat cover. Came in sodium as well. I've seen a few where the whole casing has fallen off, leaving the globe attached to what's left over. 13) Two MV lights 14) Very rare here in Victoria these days. This one and one over the road have new MV bulbs fitted, as well as a few other MV's in the area. *NEW Dec 2002 14.5 A minor version of this, in South Yarra. 15) Now in some junk yard. This shot 2001. This had a sodium bulb in it. 16) Square MV light, Prahran. 17) MV light, Punt Road 18) Same model, without cover. These had a small piece of metal under bulb. 19) MV light used on tramlines in the 50's and 60's, with a Cobrahead type sodium similar to ones in the US. 20) This model is similar to light 14, only with top entry. 21) MV light, Punt Road. 22) Rare one in Brighton. 23) Old fixture, Kings Domain, Melbourne 24) This fixture is almost the same as light 22.
24) Old fixture, Upper Heidleberg Road, Ivanhoe 25) Rare MV light, Moubray Street, Prahran 26) Rare fixture, Kings Domain. 27) Rare fixture, Were Street, Brighton. 28) Rare fixture, Riversdale Road, Surrey Hills. 29) One of the MV lights in this model left that I know of. This one in Mair Street, Ballarat. Geelong may have a few left. 30) Mair Street, Ballarat 31) Rare fixture, Riversdale Road, Surrey Hills (on a concrete pole similar to SA's Stobey poles). 32)Extinct light, St Kilda Road, Melbourne, 1960. There are a few light arms of this style left on this road. 33) Footscray light, 1962. 34) Hanging light, Footscray, 1962. 35) Batman Avenue, Melbourne, 1957. 36) Camberwell Road, 1964. 37) Bourke Street light, early 1960's. 38) Braidwood, Southern NSW, 1970's.. 39) This model was popular in the CBD along with the cobrahead features during the '60's, but got replaced with more cobrahead feautures. 40) I found this hiding in North Melbourne. 41) This was popular during the 60's at major intersections, on tall timber or concrete poles, usually with three lights. 42) MV light in Ballarat
LOW PRESSURE SODIUM Melbourne's low pressure sodium were the first to go on our arterial roads during the big high pressure sodium take over. 1) This one, in a Vicroads private car park worked at the time, but no more, just like the one a block away. 2) I found this on the docklands development site 3) Same as above, although this one's been replaced. 4) ...and this one, on the side of a shed. 5) Nepean Highway LPS light mid 70's. 6) Typical LPS light which was removed in '89-'91. This has a wider cover 7) Another one. 8) Night shot in my street, probably 1989. 9) Early LPS light, 1960. The last of this type were replaced in the early 1990's. MINOR STREETLIGHTS 1) This light has a yellow cover, popular during the 80's. 1.5) A day burning one 2) These were very popular in the 80's. They are currently being replaced by this one. An old decorated light arm. 3) Another one with new model of light 4) Same model 5) The current most popular light. 6) This light is similar to light 5. 7) Night shot 8) This model from the early '90's was not as popular as the other models 9) This model light lit up many streets in Australia during the 1940-60 era. 10) Newer design 11) Newer design. 12) Newer design. 13) 1980's design, similar to light 2, only with longer housing and squarer casing. Cover has fallen off. 14) Here are some at twilight. 15) The only one I know of in Victoria.
*NEW Dec 2002 This one in a carpark in Sale, Eastern Victoria. Thanks to Darren Hodges.
HIGH PRESSURE SODIUM 1) Sodium light 2) New model on a docklands pole 3) West Gate Freeway ramp lights from the late 70's, this one in the Port Melbourne Vicroads office car park just off the freeway. 4) Sodium light in industrial area, Foorscray. 5) Two sodium lights, Warrigul Road, Chadstone. 6) Beachside lighting. 7) Rare Sodium light at St Kilda Junction, from the early 80's or late 70's I'm guessing. Day burning one 8) This model was not as popular as others. 9) Another St. Kilda Road feature, this one also on West Gate and Calder Freeways. 10) This has a slightly shorter casing than MV number 11. 11) Latest model. CBD LIGHTS Once the streetlights of the CBD were consistent. Most would be the arious cobrahead type features with an MV bulb, but over the years they were swapped around with each other, but now, the typical models used everywhere else have replaced certain lights, leaving inconsistent patches of sodium models. Below are some older designs. 12) These still shine on Victoria Street. Three or four are left on Punt Road. 13) The most typical feature. Although these came in abundance in the 1960's, they have replaced other city lights up to the '80's. 14) Almost once as common as no. 13, these are now dying off, being replaced by the new High pressure MV lights. 15) Another one. 16) These are left in Flemmington Road, North Melbourne. They once lined Bourke Street, Lonsdale Street etc..., but those were replaced by no. 13. in the 80's. 17) This was also a popular one, almost exact to no. 13. OTHER INTERESTING ONES
1970's design pole over right turning lane, Ferrars Street, South Melbourne Old design of light arm, Lower Heidleberg Road, Ivanhoe. Old design of light arm, Lower Heidleberg Road, Ivanhoe. Fairly new sodium light on old suspension system. MV lights, Glenelg Highway, Ballarat. MV lights, Glenelg Highway, Ballarat. Decorated tram-cable support, Ballarat New design of light poles in Victoria, this one at Skipton and Drummond Streets intersection, Ballarat. Light arm usually used to avoid contact with wires on poles with circuit brakers. Newer style Sodium lights over right turning lanes. A decorated light arm on Church Street, Richmond, 1964. The same design arm was seen more on local traffic streets up until the early '90's, with a flourescent light. They are now used on upperclass restaurants, inside hairdressers, and even in peoples front yards. Interesting light mast
