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Mercs in Ontario? Yep! 
I thought that MV was completely gone in Ontario but today I found a cluster of survivors that's still lighting a street in Ontario, this one is a GE M-400A with what looks to be a 400w MV lamp in St. Jacobs, ON a small town around 1.5 hours from where I am. The majority of the MVs on the main street have been replaced by HPS but there's still a few MV [url=http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-5817]GE M-400As[/url] and one MV [url=http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-4190]Powerlite B2255[/url] left, and there's some remote ballasted MV [url=http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-6278]mini gumballs[/url] on the side streets too. 

[b]Here's a scene view of the lights but it came out a bit blurry though:[/b]
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Click to enlarge, the B2255 is on the double guy on the left and the M-400As are on the right. 
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Mercs in Ontario? Yep!

I thought that MV was completely gone in Ontario but today I found a cluster of survivors that's still lighting a street in Ontario, this one is a GE M-400A with what looks to be a 400w MV lamp in St. Jacobs, ON a small town around 1.5 hours from where I am. The majority of the MVs on the main street have been replaced by HPS but there's still a few MV GE M-400As and one MV Powerlite B2255 left, and there's some remote ballasted MV mini gumballs on the side streets too.

Here's a scene view of the lights but it came out a bit blurry though:

Click to enlarge, the B2255 is on the double guy on the left and the M-400As are on the right.

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Filename:PC030056.JPG
Album name:joe_347V / Sunsets and Night Scenes
Keywords:American_Streetlights
Company and Date Manufactured:General Electric
Model Number:M-400A
Wattage:400w
Lamp Type:Mercury vapour
Filesize:286 KiB
Date added:Dec 04, 2010
Dimensions:1600 x 1200 pixels
Displayed:297 times
Color Space:sRGB
Contrast:0
DateTime Original:2010:12:03 17:03:28
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Focal length:11.2 mm
ISO:800
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Max Aperture:f/3.6
Model:FE47,X43
URL:http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=4191
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Form109   [Dec 04, 2010 at 10:27 AM]
very cool!...all the B2555's in Birmingham were HPS.
gailgrove   [Dec 04, 2010 at 12:58 PM]
Cool Cool and I know of some MV in Stayner (near Collingwood) too Very Happy
Silverliner14B   [Dec 04, 2010 at 03:52 PM]
Nice find! @Form109 I know of a couple mercury Sylvania B2255s on the outside of a building in LA.
joe_347V   [Dec 05, 2010 at 02:44 AM]
Thanks everybody, there's a mercury B2255 near by too.
mercuryvaporrocks   [Dec 05, 2010 at 12:05 PM]
I've seen metal halide ones before.
joe_347V   [Dec 11, 2010 at 02:54 AM]
Here's a blurry pic taken from another angle that shows the M-400A on the right and the Powerlite B2255 on the left.
Form109   [Dec 29, 2010 at 08:59 AM]
Neat!....even if it is just a little blurry! Very Happy
joe_347V   [Dec 29, 2010 at 08:27 PM]
Thanks, if I ever get the chance to go back there at night, I'll see if I can get a better quality pic of the lights.
Model25FanForever   [Oct 01, 2017 at 01:48 AM]
Ah I know where this is, I didn't know they were even MV still.
joe_347V   [Oct 02, 2017 at 05:45 AM]
Yeah, even in 2010 I was surprised to see this in MV. I think this was the first MV streetlight I've seen lighting a public road in Ontario.

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