Here is the people who are demolishing the building taking my light off the pole. Pretty much what they did was Saw a part of the arm off instead of getting tools to take it off, and used these lifts.
This was after they sawed the arm off so they are holding it, this was the last remaining pole that was still up, and soon the other two M-400's will be sadly trashed, but at least I saved one of them!
These weren't even linemen. They are the people who work for the demolition company to tear down the building and demolish it. All the other fixtures they just took a chain and yanked down the pole violently. They just did it nicer for me so I could have a full fixture.
Not very heavy, and it's not much bigger than a normal M-400, It probably has the same top housing as the original M-400 but just with a different door and a bigger reflector and refractor.
Actually it wasn't "Right place right time" Actually they are working every day to demolish this building, I asked about these lights The day before yesterday and he said to come back tomorrow, so I did (which was yesterday) and was able to get the light.
I just discovered that the old hospital will start to be demolished next week! There are about 70 or so poles around the site and all will be coming down within the next eight months. There are several old Holophane wall packs too, I hope to get quite a few lights from that!
Nice save! I was able to obtain a Form 400 and a Line Materials Ovalite pretty much the same way. I even got some pics of them bringing down the pole and (ever so gently) removing the fixture, which now hangs over my couch.
Quite often! They don't really care about old lights that are going to be scrapped. I got all but two of my lights free and legally (those two I paid for). You should contact your utility company and see if they will give away some!
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I just got lucky there was still a pole up.