Long Island, NY (April 2013)
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as of Jul 2018
This set of pictures take a look at some of the wooden poles on the Long Island parkways in and around Jones Beach. They also show some of the damage done by the superstorm "Sandy" that passed through in fall of 2012.
This is the bridge on the Robert Moses Causeway, and round here there are lots of Holophane RSL spot replacements.
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There are still some incandescent gumball fixtures on the bridge, although some were blown clean off by the storm.
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This photo is looking east, you can see the old fixtures on the westbound lanes of the bridge.
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as of Sep 2018
On to Ocean Parkway, some of the wood poles have Holophane RSL fixtures.
This is the classic sight round these parts, a wooden pole and arm, and a NEMA head gumball fixture, possibly GE.
I believe it was Jeff Saltzmann that christened these, the "Long Island Woodies".
I believe it was Jeff Saltzmann that christened these, the "Long Island Woodies".
Some of the wooden poles are retrofitted with the Holophane fixtures, like this one.
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as of Sep 2018
There are also a couple of twin arm poles, like this one.
A view from the other direction, of the pole in the previous pic.
This is probably storm damage, there were quite a few like this.
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as of Jul 2018
Here's a rarer variation, a short arm. I think we only saw a couple like this.
More storm damage, but it's great to see so many of these classic poles surviving out here.
Some poles have reproduction fixtures which are HPS. Looking at the lastest GSV (2018) some stretches of Ocean Pkwy
to the east, which were previously unit, have had new poles with these fixtures installed, and
some old poles seen here have been removed. It also looks like most of the really old GE gumball
fixtures have been retired also. Still, it's good to see the city appears to be trying to preserve the vintage look of
this lighting installation.
Although Sandy caused a lot of damage, and there are many replacements and reproductions popping up, there is still much to see round here. Long may that continue!