Last change: June 26 2025
Omak, WA
Taken July 2007
RemovedChecked on "as of" date (either in person or via latest GSV available), removal happened as late as that date or before
as of Sep 2015
June 2025: Some time between Sep 2015 and Sep 2018 they were all replaced with those LED things that look like reduced size barn lights. The vintage
motel buildings are otherwise unchanged though.
Omak is a small town in Okanogan County, Washington. Lighting- wise, it's not too special, but there are one or two interesting bits left. Firstly, lighting an old motel, some
L-M "Dusk to Dawner" fixtures- these are early 1960s vintage and I'd never seen some in real life before now. They were also marketed at the time to homeowners as an
alternative to the ubiquitous yard light.
RemovedChecked on "as of" date (either in person or via latest GSV available), removal happened as late as that date or before
as of Sep 2015
This is the Rodeway Inn & Suites Omak - Okanogan on N Main St at Apple. From the vintage lighting it's been there since the 1960s at least. There are 9 or 10 of the Dusk-to-Dawners all round the property lighting the motor court.
Status unknownCheck attempted on "as of" date (usually via GSV in this case), but status of light could not be determined at that time, usually as fixture could not be found again
as of Jul 2019
Almost all the lighting in the town has been replaced, but on a back street or two there were still some old relics about- like these Westinghouse OV-20s which are of the later cast type. Not sure if they were still mercury vapour however, but looking at the old paint can ballast on the pole, it's a good guess that they still are.
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 Aug 2023
Cherry and Main in the center of town- what might have been an old garage, and a sight common in the Western US- a shovel hat flood with a lowering mechanism. In the closeup you can see the incandescent lamp is still intact, unusual for something that has been unused probably for decades. All the similar ones I've seen look identical, down to the lowering chain, but I don't know who made them.
Next to it- the future- an HPS yardlight.
June 2025: Recent GSV shows that at some point between 2018 and 2023 the lowering chain slackened, either through age or someone messing with it, and
the fixture is now hanging 12" or so below the receptacle it should be in for normal operation. As it's now free hanging (and swinging) it is only a matter of time before
it either falls or is removed before it does fall.
Status unknownCheck attempted on "as of" date (usually via GSV in this case), but status of light could not be determined at that time, usually as fixture could not be found again
as of Jul 2019
Finally, another non- roadway sight- a couple of incandescent lights on a tall pole at the entrance to a sportsfield. They are interesting as they are in really good condition, and the feed lines and insulators survive- sort of!
