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unknown 3 lamp MBF fixture London. « on: April 10, 2025, 02:56:42 AM » Author: Baked bagel 11
https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Routemasters-in-Park-Lane-with-RM1240-nearest.-3rd-April-1976.-1200x811.jpeg
Does anyone have any information as to what type of lantern this is?
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Re: 3 lamp Atlas Alpha 8? « Reply #1 on: April 10, 2025, 03:07:24 AM » Author: Eleco_SR304
They Don't look like the atlas alpha 8 lanterns, but if, hey ho  :mrg:
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Re: 3 lamp Atlas Alpha 8? « Reply #2 on: April 10, 2025, 05:53:04 AM » Author: Baked bagel 11
I've changed the name of the topic.
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Re: unknown 3 lamp MBF fixture London. « Reply #3 on: April 11, 2025, 02:05:03 AM » Author: Eleco_SR304
Don't want to be mean but they look like a total rip off of an Atlas Alpha 8 lantern. They probably bought a longer size of an atlas alpha 8 and inserted 3 bulbs to make it unique

However, the column looks the same as the one in London. Maybe it is an atlas alpha 8, but just a remake
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Re: unknown 3 lamp MBF fixture London. « Reply #4 on: June 29, 2025, 08:05:34 AM » Author: Minoa
According to http://www.simoncornwell.com/lighting/manufact/atlas/fullrange/l1.htm (section "alpha eight"), it may be possible that the lanterns in the photo may have been a prototype that pre-dated the Alpha 8. The applicable quote states:

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Originally designed as a special lantern for the Marble Arch relighting scheme at the experimental height of 30'. (This was outside of the specifications at the time but it was one of many experimental installations of high-power lanterns at heights higher than 25' which anticipated the new specification BSCP 1004:1963).
I also found alternate views of the lanterns. The first one is from Alamy, and the other from a eBay listing:
It appears that Thorn Electrical Industries may have been asked by Westminster City Council to come up with more powerful lighting for the Park Lane widening. Unlike the Alpha 8, replacing the lamps may have required removing the bowl, instead of opening the hatch on the top of the canopy.
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Re: unknown 3 lamp MBF fixture London. « Reply #5 on: June 29, 2025, 08:21:01 AM » Author: Baked bagel 11
Yeah, maybe.
It might just be one of those things that's lost in time. ???
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