CU Phosco P107 Lantern Installations

The CU Phosco P107 is one of the very-few old SOX lanterns to still be available (albeit in LED form). It is available with both a slim and wide canopy and was designed with residential roads and parks in-mind. The LED versions are available from 10W to 40W, with 100-200W GLS, 80-125W Mercury Vapour, and 26-35W SOX being available in the past.

Tamworth

A rogue P107 was spotted in May of 2024 at the end of the east-branch of Sorrel, Amington. There is a possibility that this lantern ran 80W MBF-U when in service, but the installation is long-abandoned and doesn't work anymore.

Following Sudeley, more P107s line the road. The next column to support a P107 is located on the first-right, where a small section of street is lit with 26W examples. The P107s here have the refractor to help light-distribution. Column T25 is pictured below.

Followed by column T29:

Column T25 has a Phosco P107 that has suffered at the hands of vandalism. a single pellet-hole is visible in the bowl.

Column T28:

Leaving the side-road and continuing down Sudeley, more P107s reveal themselves. T4 is captured below:

Column T21's extraordinarily clear bowl presents the photocell and lamp-holder wire inside, covered with a heat shield to prevent the lamp burning the wires.

Column T7:

The P107s continue down the road.

I took a left down a short pathway which led to Slingsby, which was littered with more P107s. Column T7:

Columns T9 and T10:

At the end of Slingsby is a short footpath which took me to the end of Sudeley, which hosted a P107 in great condition. The shelter provided by the tree has blocked any UV damage to the bowl from the Sun. A 35W SOX lamp is apparent inside.

Dunster is the next street I visited, after photographing the 26W Simplex Aries' on Blackwood Road. There are only 4 P107s left after a replacement scheme in 2009, leaving Industria 2600s dominating the street. One of the surviving P107s is visible in the distance.

This particular one is Column T1 of Belvoir, Two Gates.