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Picton Reading Room: Massive Metal Halide lantern. The Picton Reading Room is a grade II listed building which forms part of the Liverpool Central Library. Construction started in 1875 and was completed in 1879. It was the first library in the UK to be lit with electric lamps. The building was restored between 2011 and 2012 and the massive light fitting in the centre now has about 10 or 12 metal-halide lamps burning behind the glass shade! Two appear to have failed though. I discreetly had a closer look and I think they may be Philips CDM MW-Eco or CDO-T lamps. it's hard to tell as looking up from ground level all I can really see is the support frame. They are E40 and look to be at least 150w each. The lighting around the circumference of the rotunda appears to still be fluorescent too. I'm not sure what is burning inside the globes though.

Picton Reading Room: Massive Metal Halide lantern.

The Picton Reading Room is a grade II listed building which forms part of the Liverpool Central Library.
Construction started in 1875 and was completed in 1879.

It was the first library in the UK to be lit with electric lamps.

The building was restored between 2011 and 2012 and the massive light fitting in the centre now has about 10 or 12 metal-halide lamps burning behind the glass shade!
Two appear to have failed though.

I discreetly had a closer look and I think they may be Philips CDM MW-Eco or CDO-T lamps. it's hard to tell as looking up from ground level all I can really see is the support frame. They are E40 and look to be at least 150w each.

The lighting around the circumference of the rotunda appears to still be fluorescent too.
I'm not sure what is burning inside the globes though.
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Simon   [06 May, 2026 at 06:48 PM]
Impressive building and lighting!
Andy   [06 May, 2026 at 07:13 PM]
That looks superb! I still need to visit Liverpool proper one day, the closest I've been is Wallasey.
AngryHorse   [06 May, 2026 at 08:15 PM]
Cool are these still here, I remember you posted these a few years ago Cool
FrontSideBus   [07 May, 2026 at 01:42 PM]
AFIK they are still there. Not been for a few months though.
Kev   [08 May, 2026 at 12:59 AM]
Cool now that’s how you light a room! Cool

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