Here is a gallery
of street lights used
around the world...


A 175w Deluxe White Mercury lamp

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Post Tops Gumballs & Teardrops Remote Ballast
Semi-Cutoff Luminaires Cutoff Luminaires Low Pressure Sodium Fixtures
Other fixtures Streetscapes & Signals Museums & Displays
Streetlighting outside North America

Post top luminaires
An Acorn Light in Tacoma, WA.
Another Acorn Light in Tacoma, WA.
A series post-top incandescent in Wilmette, IL
A converted multiple post-top incandescent in Kenilworth, IL

Gumballs & Teardrops
A gumball incandescent fixture in Wilmette, IL
Gumball Mercury fixtures in Des Plaines, IL
A pendant incandescent in L.A. just outside of Beverly Hills (very decorative)
A series radial-wave incandescent in Pasadena, CA
An HPS radial-wave reproduction in Seattle, WA
A series pendant lamp on Mulholland Dr. in L.A.
Another series pendant lamp on Mulholland Dr. in L.A.
A teardrop luinaire in L.A. near Beverly Hills
An incandescent pendant in Pasadena, CA.
A very cool pendant on the Mulholland Dr. bridge over US-101 in L.A.
An incandescent pendant converted to HPS in Santa Monica, CA.
A neat pendant incandescent in front of the Minnehaha County Courthouse, Sioux Falls, SD (Photo by Dave Dahle)
A mercury vapor pendant luminaire in Seaside, OR.
A mercury vapor "teardrop" luminaire in Seaside, OR.
A teardrop luminaire on Indian School Rd. in Albuquerque, NM
A nema-style fixture with a pointy lens
An old incandescent light in a parking lot near the Washington State University Campus in Pullman, WA.
An incandescent series light in Burbank, CA (photo by Joe Maurath).
An incandescent series light in Pasadena, CA (photo by Joe Maurath).
A parallel light in Mohall, ND (photo by Dave Dahle).

Remote Ballast Fixtures
A remote ballasted fixture in Norridge, IL - unknown manufacturer
A remote-ballasted mercury fixture on a shopping center
A double-headed remote-ballasted Mercury Vapor on Wilshire Blvd. in L.A.

A remote ballasted fixture in Franklin Park, IL (Wheeler Fullertron?)

Semi Cutoff Luminaires
An integral-ballasted fixture (unknown manufacturer)
A Lumark on Thompson St. in Bottineau, ND (Photo by Dave Dahle)
A silverliner look-alike - maybe Revere with a modified lens? (there are 6 of these in Evanston, IL)
Cooper OVD
Spaulding Metropolitan Fixtures
General Electric Semi-Cutoffs
Westinghouse Semi-Cutoffs
Line-Material Semi-Cutoffs
Joslyn Semi-Cutoffs
Revere Semi-Cutoffs
Pemco Semi-Cutoffs
Hubbell Semi-Cutoffs
American Electric/ITT/Thomas & Betts Semi-Cutoffs

Cutoff Luminaires
A Lumec Helios 250w HPS Downtown Chicago, IL (one of few cutoffs in Chicago)
A mercury vapor obstruction beacon in Seattle, WA
A Lumec Domus fixture in Woodinville, WA
A decorative cutoff luminaire in downtown Albuquerque, NM (on Route 66)
GE Full-Cutoffs

Low Pressure Sodium Fixtures
An LPS fixture on Fort Sheridan, IL
Another LPS fixture on Fort Sheridan, IL
A smaller LPS fixture on Fort Sheridan, IL (from a residential street)

Other Fixtures
A suspended NEMA-head fixture over a highway in Michigan
A triple-lamp luminaire on Hollywood Blvd. in L.A.
Another triple-lamp luminaire on Hollywood Blvd. in L.A.
A 400 watt HPS suspended luminaire in Lake Forest Park, WA
A NEMA-head HPS on a truss-arm pole in Bismarck, ND (photo by Dave Dahle).
A mercury vapor obstruction beacon in Seattle, WA
A fluorescent fixture in Seattle, WA
Another view of the fluorescent fixtures

Streetscapes & Signals
Downtown Albuquerque (Central Ave/Route 66)
Central Ave (Route 66) looking east at sunset
Larch Ave., Elmhurst, IL
A ramp from westbound US 2 to Ebey Island and SR 204 just east of Everett, WA (taken in Mid-october, Changed to HPS October 31)
Same as above with a car
Same as above with longer exposure
View of interchange from Ebey Island Access Road
A typical Albuquerque signal
A typical signal in Woodinville, WA (complete with a typo on the sign)
A signal in Lewiston, ID with LPS lighting

Collections, Displays and Museums
The City of Los Angeles Bureau of Street Lighting Display
The Vermonica Display in Los Angeles
Joe Maruath Jr's Collection in Abington, MA

Streetlighting Outside North America
A Neon Australasia 40 watt fluorescent (A picture by Daria in Australia)
An Australian Streetlight from Daria.
An Australian fluorescent (picture by Daria Huddy)
An Australian fluorescent (picture by Daria Huddy)
An Australian sodium lamp (picture by Daria Huddy)
An Australian mercury lamp (picture by Daria Huddy)

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