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Jeff's Streetlight Site Cobra Heads
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This page is under development. Please check back soon! Cobra head refers to the street light luminaire style that has been dominant world wide since the 1960s, so named due to resemblance to snake heads. Notable early models were GE M400 and Westinghouse OV25. They not only replaced older incandescent pendant lamps, but also clam shell fluorescents. 1996-2012, Jeff Saltzman. Email issues or ideas to webmaster.
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Jeff's Streetlight Site Castirons
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Cast Iron Twin Lamp Lamppost Canal Street West Side Highway. Cast iron lampposts were the dominant street lighting standards type in New York City prior to World War II. Four distinctive style groups formed the bulk of those deployed: the cane shaped Bishop Crooks, the Type F reverse scroll, the Type G/M24 long, straight armed masts and the twin lamp. 1996-2012, Jeff Saltzman. Email issues or ideas to webmaster.
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Jeff's Streetlight Site Admiral Hats
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This page is under development. Please check back soon! Admiral Hats cover a group of street lighting luminaires that generally feature exposed lamps housed in an open type reflector with no diffuser bowl. The reflectors are usually either single piece, or a main section bracketed by the flaps that provide the distinctive Admiral Hat look. 1996-2012, Jeff Saltzman. Email issues or ideas to webmaster.
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Jeff's Streetlight Site Twin Mast Standards
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Cast Iron Twin Lamp Masts Canal Street West Side. Twin mast, or twin lamp street lighting standards are used extensively in New York City, mostly positioned in the center medians of arterial highways or major secondary roadways. They occasionally light the merge points of off ramps from highways to service roads. In rare circumstances, twin masts are deployed along the curbs of special avenues, such as 5th Avenue and Park Avenue in Manhattan, or alongside certain parks. 1996-2012, Jeff Saltzman.
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Jeff's Streetlight Site Bridge Lights
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Brooklyn Battery Tunnel Plaza Walkbridge Lights. Bridge lights, within the New York City Metropolitan Area anyway, tended to be of distinct varieties that then became the lighting standard for arterial highways built afterwards, only rarely used on lesser roadways. Outstanding examples were the Triborough and Bronx-Whitestone Bridge lamppost standards. 1996-2012, Jeff Saltzman. Email issues or ideas to webmaster.
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Jeff's Streetlight Site Parkway Lights
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This page is under development. Please check back soon! Jeff's Streetlight Site Parkway lights street lighting section. Parkways lighting used to be feature rustic looking designs, at least in New York. Latter day replacements tend to be run of the mill aluminum standards. 1996-2012, Jeff Saltzman. Email issues or ideas to webmaster.
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Jeff's Streetlight Site Utility Pole Lights
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This page is under development. Please check back soon! Like most roads across the USA served by street lighting, many outer borough New York City streets are lit by lamps hung from utility poles, also known as Yard Arms. Since the 1950s, these have generally sported one type of mast arm, a 2 piece elliptical mast braced by a small fin style bracket. Prior to the 1950s, more elaborate masts with scroll work bracing were used. 1996-2012, Jeff Saltzman. Email issues or ideas to webmaster.
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Jeff's Streetlight Site Unique NYC Lights
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New York City street lighting standards, like those of other large cities such as Los Angeles, tended to be unique compared to those used in smaller cities and towns. Among New York's special lighting standards were its vast collection of pre-war cast irons, the Triborough and Whitestone style poles used on major highways, and the Donald Deskey designed poles used in the 1960s and 70s. 1996-2012, Jeff Saltzman. Email issues or ideas to webmaster.
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Jeff's Streetlight Site Bishop Crooks
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Bishop Crook Lamppost Washington and Spring Streets. Bishop Crooks are cane shaped lampposts, traditionally made of cast iron, sporting wrought iron, or cast iron scroll work beneath the curved post head. Since the latter quarter of the 20th century, retro aluminum replicas of historic cast iron Bishop Crook poles have become popular. The name stems from the similarity to the hooked staffs traditionally carried by Church hierarchy. 1996-2012, Jeff Saltzman. Email issues or ideas to webmaster.
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Jeff's Streetlight Site Arterial Roads Highways Expressways
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Arterial Roads Highways Expressways. Highways Site dedicated to arterial highways, expressways, parkways, secondary roads, side streets, neighborhoods, in photos and stories, featuring New York City metropolitan area arterial roadways, such as Queens Boulevard, Van Wyck Expressway, Brooklyn-Queens and Long Island Expressway. 1996-2012, Jeff Saltzman. Email issues or ideas to webmaster.
