Eagle Rock, CA
13 pics
12 Aug 2023
These imposing posttops are actually just in Glendale, but they are BSL fixtures so I'll include them in Eagle Rock, which is LA. They are on Verdugo, the cross street here is Hilda. There are about 5 or 6
I think, and whilst they're not in the best condition, they're still there.
12 Aug 2023
The BSL has this pole and fixture combination listed as "Lalux 71" and they are unique in LA at this point.
12 Sep 2010
RemovedChecked on "as of" date (either in person or via latest GSV available), removal happened as late as that date or before
as of Feb 2021
This series loop is hanging on just south of where Eagle Rock Blvd meets Colorado Blvd, and is doubly interesting because several of the surviving fixtures are GE Form 400- very rare for this part of the world these days.
12 Sep 2010
12 Sep 2010
12 Sep 2010
12 Sep 2010
08 Oct 2012
A couple of years later, and we got some night shots round this location. The daytime pictures (except for the first one) all look north towards Colorado Blvd, so looking north the location of this pole is on the right just before the intersection.
This is a GE M400, probably a replacement for a older Form 400, and burns a clear mercury lamp.
This is a GE M400, probably a replacement for a older Form 400, and burns a clear mercury lamp.
06 Sep 2010
Reports via Glen Norman indicate that around June 5th, 2014, this light has been removed, doubly sad as it was one of the very few utilitarian span-wire series incandescent fixtures left in LA.
This fixture, when the daytime pic was taken in 2010, was located at roughly 827 Colorado Blvd, in Eagle Rock right on the border of South Pasadena. My Thomas Guide shows this location as being LA County, which could explain why this fixture lasted for so long. However it does appear on the BSL Patrol Maps, so it's possible the LA BSL did the removal. Also it's possible this is a DWP owned light, and they have been aggressively removing their remaining incandescent fixtures recently.
This fixture, when the daytime pic was taken in 2010, was located at roughly 827 Colorado Blvd, in Eagle Rock right on the border of South Pasadena. My Thomas Guide shows this location as being LA County, which could explain why this fixture lasted for so long. However it does appear on the BSL Patrol Maps, so it's possible the LA BSL did the removal. Also it's possible this is a DWP owned light, and they have been aggressively removing their remaining incandescent fixtures recently.
06 Sep 2010
08 Oct 2012
RemovedChecked on "as of" date (either in person or via latest GSV available), removal happened as late as that date or before
as of 5 Jun 2014
As you can see from the night time pics (taken in October 2012), this light was still doing a useful job even in comparison to the HPS fixture further up the street.
08 Oct 2012
08 Oct 2012
SurvivingChecked on "as of" date (either in person or via latest GSV available), so can be assumed to be surviving at least as far as that date
as of Jun 2022
This picture isn't actually within Eagle Rock city limits, but is included here as it's in the vicinity (south of the pics above) and was taken at the same time as some of the others here.
This fixture is the remains of a series loop that is just north of the Glendale freeway. It's west of the freeway and Glassell Park but it's actually LA County as far as I can tell.
Just north of the freeway, Fletcher turns south and becomes Ave 36. Fletcher itself continues to the east, and it's this intersection where the light is located. It is a Westinghouse teardrop, and burns a clear mercury lamp.
The BSL patrol maps aren't too clear, but at one time this light would seem to be fed from a series regulator located at San Fernando Rd and Fletcher, or possibly Fletcher and Estara.
At some point, maybe when the series loop was decommissioned, it was converted to multiple operation and still works to this day.