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End of an Era The sunset marks the transition from day to night, however night will roll back over to day in a day/night cycle... But for these MTO truss lights there is no more day, the sunset marks their impending removal and the transition to a new lighting system...the highmast lights which loom ominously above the truss lights currently avaiting their fate... Keywords: American_Streetlights

End of an Era

The sunset marks the transition from day to night, however night will roll back over to day in a day/night cycle...

But for these MTO truss lights there is no more day, the sunset marks their impending removal and the transition to a new lighting system...the highmast lights which loom ominously above the truss lights currently avaiting their fate...

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Album name:joe_347V / Sunsets and Night Scenes
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Date added:Aug 09, 2011
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gailgrove   [Aug 11, 2011 at 06:50 PM]
Very nice shot! Glad I can comment now too Razz
streetlight98   [Aug 11, 2011 at 07:20 PM]
It's the opposite here, highmast go down, cobraheads go up.
gailgrove   [Aug 11, 2011 at 07:25 PM]
That's rather strange, highmasts are good for large area lighting.
streetlight98   [Aug 11, 2011 at 07:39 PM]
I guess, I don't know why they don't install highmasts anymore. I personally think they should use cobraheads here because if they use highmasts no doubt they'll be HPS. and i don't want to see the foliage around the highway to be lit like it's on fire. Confused
joe_347V   [Aug 11, 2011 at 08:12 PM]
Thanks, we started using highmast back in the late 80s but the traditional truss lights were installed all the way up to the mid 90s.
DimBulb   [Aug 11, 2011 at 08:16 PM]
Very cool photo!!! Sad story tho.
This pic would be an awesome background for desktop.
joe_347V   [Aug 11, 2011 at 08:19 PM]
Thanks! If you want I can link you to a bigger sized version.
DimBulb   [Aug 11, 2011 at 08:27 PM]
That would be cool!
gailgrove   [Aug 11, 2011 at 09:08 PM]
Well if there is a silver lining to the story is I hope to save a few of the lights plus a truss arm (I think Joseph wants one too)
joe_347V   [Aug 12, 2011 at 12:22 AM]
Here's the full sized version

And here's a pic from last summer, and spring.

And yeah Niall's trying to save some of the lights and arms for us (Thanks Very Happy) so there may be very well a glimmer of hope for these lights...
gailgrove   [Aug 12, 2011 at 04:58 PM]
Speaking of the end of an era, it seems Brampton is starting to convert to FCO street lights, I saw a bunch of FCO OVHs being installed today Crying or Very sad
joe_347V   [Aug 12, 2011 at 11:23 PM]
Ugh FCO,

My area started installing them as spot replacements and they're spotty at night someone should tell them that poles spaced for drop lens don't work well with FCO.
gailgrove   [Aug 12, 2011 at 11:46 PM]
I'm hoping it's just a test patch, there is another one on Steels Ave.
joe_347V   [Aug 13, 2011 at 12:40 AM]
I hope my area is testing them too, some installs last year were still semi cutoff.
streetlight98   [Aug 13, 2011 at 01:49 AM]
my area is remaining drop lens. I don't mind FCO, if you use it, instead of 100w drop lens every-other pole, use 70w FCO on every pole. More even light that way. My area did have 100w FCO MV M-250A2s in the 80's, but only some remain.
joe_347V   [Aug 13, 2011 at 02:01 AM]
If you use 100w semi cutoff on every other pole and 70w FCO on every pole won't semi cutoff save energy then. Laughing Razz
streetlight98   [Aug 13, 2011 at 02:03 AM]
Oh well, use drop lens then. Laughing Razz
gailgrove   [Aug 13, 2011 at 02:04 AM]
If you go FCO you have to increase the wattage, that's one thing I don't like about them.
streetlight98   [Aug 13, 2011 at 02:08 AM]
well, you don't have to, but the light won't reach as far down the road. It's too focused. Confused
GullWhiz   [Aug 13, 2011 at 02:12 AM]
I am sorta glad that we have sag lens in my electrical company....they used FCO for about 5 years or so....then they must have somehow comprimised with IDA in MD allowing them to use Sag Lens.....Arizona IDA won't allow that!

So far I see Sag lens in MD, NJ, and Delaware in a few electrical companies.

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