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1960s Powerlites
These guys light a grocery store parking lot. Interestingly enough, this was exactly how the MTO lit the the 401 before the 90s. Complete with the MTO style truss arm. On the 401 400w MV B2215s lit the inner express lanes while 700w MV B2213s lit the outer collector lanes.  I wonder if this setup used the same wattages or did they use 1kW MV instead. Note that one of the B2215s has a giant glareshield. The 1960s Powerlites had these as a option.    

(Fun fact, all of the 1960s Powerlite cobras are in this pic, even the B2217) 
Keywords: American_Streetlights

1960s Powerlites

These guys light a grocery store parking lot. Interestingly enough, this was exactly how the MTO lit the the 401 before the 90s. Complete with the MTO style truss arm. On the 401 400w MV B2215s lit the inner express lanes while 700w MV B2213s lit the outer collector lanes. I wonder if this setup used the same wattages or did they use 1kW MV instead. Note that one of the B2215s has a giant glareshield. The 1960s Powerlites had these as a option.

(Fun fact, all of the 1960s Powerlite cobras are in this pic, even the B2217)

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Filename:TOR_IMG_20150501_200825.jpg
Album name:joe_347V / Toronto Area Streetlights
Rating (2 votes):55555
Keywords:American_Streetlights
Company and Date Manufactured:Powerlite Devices, 1960s
Model Number:B2215 and B2213
Wattage:400w and 1kW
Lamp Type:Mercury vapour
Filesize:136 KiB
Date added:May 05, 2015
Dimensions:1800 x 1200 pixels
Displayed:567 times
Color Space:sRGB
DateTime Original:2015:05:01 20:08:26
Exposure Time:1/319 sec
FNumber:f/2.4
Flash:No Flash
Focal length:3.97 mm
ISO:100
Make:Lge
Model:Nexus 5
URL:http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=19302
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streetlight98   [May 05, 2015 at 10:28 AM]
Awesome pic! Very Happy Very cool that it's a MTO style set-up with all the 60s Powerlites. Cool
Form109   [May 05, 2015 at 04:43 PM]
really diggin these Canadian Powerlites!
Model25FanForever   [May 06, 2015 at 12:17 AM]
Holy cow! Thats insane man! What a rare find. Where is this by the way? I actually want to see these for myself lol
streetlight98   [May 06, 2015 at 01:38 AM]
joe_347V   [May 06, 2015 at 06:42 AM]
Thanks! Yeah the lot is in the link which Mike posted. Nice detective work lol. Razz
streetlight98   [May 06, 2015 at 10:21 AM]
Thanks. Smile
Mercuryvapor123   [May 10, 2015 at 01:53 AM]
Those are some LARGE fixtures.
joe_347V   [May 10, 2015 at 06:46 AM]
Yeah, the B2213s are around 4' long. Shocked
traffic light1   [Aug 24, 2019 at 01:24 AM]
So cool !
joe_347V   [Jan 17, 2021 at 08:43 PM]
Unforunately these have gotten replaced with LED along with the closest MTO truss pole. Oddly enough they replaced it with a brand new MTO truss pole.

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