Thorn 55w Alpha 1 SOX lantern

I absolutely love this fixture! It's on my enquiry/saves list that I might chase up later this year if I can be bothered. Mind you, I've been thinking about saving various street lights, both council and privately owned, for ages (2018). Hopefully I can put some of my plan into action this year once things get better.

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Filename:	20210214_114416.jpg
Album name:	LAllenLighting / Sightings out and about
Manufacturer:	Thorn
Type/Model:	Alpha 1
Wattage:	55w
Date manufactured:	60s - 70s
Filesize:	2602 KiB
Date added:	14 Feb, 2021
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lampy

[14 Feb, 2021 at 06:43 PM]

id say by the dirt on the bottom it dont work and hasnt for a long time, looks like a 55w sox version as the tube dont fill the lantern like the 90w one does

LAllenLighting

[14 Feb, 2021 at 07:19 PM]

Surprisingly it does work, as I saw it dayburning a couple of years ago! Must be switched from inside the building as I don't see a photocell, the lamp looked to be an old rounded-end SOX lamp too!

Oliver

[14 Feb, 2021 at 09:51 PM]

These are very unique looking

lampy

[15 Feb, 2021 at 06:52 PM]

its a thorn one as its got the thorn clip on the bottom, the atlas ones had a turn screw instead of the clip and are mega rare. the later thorn ones have a pair of 5 mm allen grubscrews at the bottom that genrally come undone, older ones had 3 grub screws 3/16ths imperial and corrode solid normally, ones at the top so allways corrodes up

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