Edinburgh New Town

Randolph Lane

Between Queensferry Street and Charlotte Square

Randolph Lane

Thank you to Steven Oliver for sending me two photos of of wall-mounted lamp posts in Edinburgh, having looked at the MacKenzie & Moncur catalogue and discovered which style they were.

Steven wrote:

Lighting Columns

"These are MacKenzie & Moncur No . 204 wall-top columns,  feature d on page 14 of the 1937 brochure (top left|) .

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There are quite a few of these still in existence in Edinburgh.  Here are two examples ."

Randolph Lane

"The photograph above is in Randolph Lane .  It was taken in April 2009.  It has a modern lantern fitted. It would originally have been a gas lighting column. "

Steven Oliver, Duns, Borders, Scotland:  January 3+6, 2011

Here are Steven's comments on the other photo that he sent to me:

Ellen's Glen Loan

" The other lamp standard was photographed by Steven is in August 2010.  It is in Ellen's Glen Loan .  It has a 'swan-neck' bracket fitted , along with a 1960s lantern, typifying the conversions carried out to these wall-top columns from gas to electric lighting."

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Steven Oliver, Duns, Borders, Scotland:  January 3, 2011

Street Lighting Catalogue