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OV-25 Flatbottom! Here's one of the few OV-25 flatbottoms left in the Toronto area. This one is part of a cluster of around 3-4 still left on this street. It has been converted to HPS though which is a bit odd as Toronto rarely retrofits their lumes. Well at least that meant that this light was saved from the scrapper when mercs when away in the early 90s. Also note that the pole and traffic light below have since been replaced (probably the arm too) and the remote PC socket since I'm not sure if these ever came with PC sockets. Keywords: American_Streetlights

OV-25 Flatbottom!

Here's one of the few OV-25 flatbottoms left in the Toronto area. This one is part of a cluster of around 3-4 still left on this street. It has been converted to HPS though which is a bit odd as Toronto rarely retrofits their lumes. Well at least that meant that this light was saved from the scrapper when mercs when away in the early 90s.

Also note that the pole and traffic light below have since been replaced (probably the arm too) and the remote PC socket since I'm not sure if these ever came with PC sockets.

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Filename:TOR_IMG_1538_MED.JPG
Album name:joe_347V / Toronto Area Streetlights
Keywords:American_Streetlights
Company and Date Manufactured:Westinghouse Canada, late 50s-early 60s.
Model Number:OV-25
Wattage:150w, was 400w
Lamp Type:High pressure sodium, was mercury vapour
Filesize:241 KiB
Date added:Oct 16, 2012
Dimensions:1200 x 1600 pixels
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Color Space:sRGB
DateTime Original:2012:10:16 15:17:11
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Exposure Time:1/1126 sec
FNumber:f/2.4
Flash:No Flash
Focal length:4.28 mm
ISO:64
Make:Apple
Model:iPhone 4S
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joe_347V   [Oct 17, 2012 at 01:04 AM]
What do you guys think. Neutral
streetlight98   [Oct 17, 2012 at 01:09 AM]
I think +1 for torronto retrofitting classic lights! Cool
gramirez2012   [Oct 17, 2012 at 01:10 AM]
I think potato.
mercuryvaporrocks   [Oct 17, 2012 at 01:33 AM]
These did come with pc sockets.
streetlight98   [Oct 17, 2012 at 01:40 AM]
the ones used originally on I-95 had PC sockets.
joe_347V   [Oct 17, 2012 at 03:15 AM]
Hmm, never knew that they came with PC sockets, anyways it seems that only this street has old retrofitted merc lumes still left. There's also a few OV 25s and some of those PEMCO fishheads too (see next pic).
GullWhiz   [Oct 17, 2012 at 02:57 PM]
Even they made clamshells with integral PC sockets!!!

Where I live, the electrical company I live in, the pre 70s 400 watt MV fixtures did NOT have integral PC sockets, but the electrical company next to us has a bunch of 400 watt cobraheads from 60s and even clamshells with integral PC sockets....so it depends on what electrical company orders that time too.
joe_347V   [Oct 18, 2012 at 01:12 AM]
Interesting! Does anyone know when did twist lock PCs first came out? Anyways over here a lot of 60s fIxtures didn't have PC sockets and used group relays or pole mounted PC sockets instead.
streetlight98   [Oct 18, 2012 at 02:00 AM]
I want to say late 1950s? I know most early clamshells had tube photocells and adapters were later made for them to adapt them to the smaller twistlock units.
joe_347V   [Oct 18, 2012 at 07:33 AM]
Ahh thanks, I guess my gumball is older than I thought since it dosen't have a PC socket. Anyways did they ever make twistlock PCs with tubes or were they all solid state by the time twistlock PCs came out.
streetlight98   [Oct 18, 2012 at 07:21 PM]

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