2008, 2012
Sacramento (and surroundings), CA
33 pics
02 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 Jan 2025
This sequence of pics is from North Highlands, which is NE of downtown Sacramento, and east of Sacramento McClellan Airport. Watt Ave is a major north/south street that runs to the east side of the airport. There are several strip malls and businesses on this road north of I-80 that have old parking lot lighting. Some Form 400s are an unusual sight these days, whether on the roadway or a parking lot. These ones are on a stripmall north of A St - James Wy, and hanging on as of early 2025.
02 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 Jan 2025
This is a collection of stripmalls at Watt Ave & Freedom Pk Dr, and a great sight to see, quite a few poles with shovel hat fixtures.
02 Oct 2012
A closer look shows some of them even have incandescent lamps fitted.
02 Oct 2012
Looking at GSV, this stripmall looks like it never did too well over the years which might explain why the lighting went unchanged for so long.
02 Oct 2012
Some of the poles have had CFL spring lamps fitted which made us curious to see if any of these still worked. Most times, installations like this are abandoned.
02 Oct 2012
Jim went back at a later date and was pleased to see many of these fixtures including some of the ones with incandescent lamps, working at night. Looking at GSV, seems most of
them survived until about Jul 2015 at least. Amazingly, it looks like 3 of the old poles complete with shovel hats have survived as far as Jan 2025, although the mall has been remodeled and most of the parking
lot lighting refreshed. Some of the poles retain their quad arms, but with LED fixtures.
02 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 Jun 2018
A little further north, on this church parking lot, are 2 poles with these very distinctive 3 head linear fluorescent fixtures.
02 Oct 2012
No idea who made them, but they look in good condition so may even work. Unfortunately some time after late 2017 they were removed.
02 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 mid 2015
These pictures were taken at the former Red Lion Sacramento Inn, located northeast of downtown Sacramento at exit 160 of I-80 business loop, on Sacramento Inn Way. It was built in 1954 and was at the time one of the largest hotels in the region. Soon after these pics were taken in 2012, Red Lion sold the property, and it entered into a phase of decline under the new owners. It finally closed in 2015 after complaints over crime, and code violations. The site was cleared by July 2016.
02 Oct 2012
These fixtures were apparently custom built for Red Lion by AAL (Architectural Area Lighting). I have seen similar ones at the Red Lion in Richland WA. Note the decorative C-7 lamps and the mercury lamp underneath providing the actual light.
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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 Mar 2019
Just northwest of downtown Sacramento, and running parallel with I-5 and by the river for a short distance, is the wonderfully named Jibboom St. There are some great old poles with NEMA heads and some of them have these shallow lenses. I think they are mercury too. More pics of this later in the sequence.
Pics taken July 2008.
07 Jul 2008
RemovedChecked on "as of" date (either in person or via latest GSV available), removal happened as late as that date or before
as of Aug 2014
On the west side of the river, on the short section of I St leading to the I St bridge, are a few Westinghouse OV-10s.
07 Jul 2008
There are quite a few of this rare fixture.
RemovedChecked on "as of" date (either in person or via latest GSV available), removal happened as late as that date or before
as of Mar 2015
Heading east onto the I St bridge itself, and an OV-10 still standing at this side of the bridge.
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 Mar 2019
...and on the west side of the bridge, a pair of incandescent fixtures seen on many bridges in the US.
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 Mar 2019
We took another ride down Jibboom St, to get a better look at the mercury fixtures...
One or two of the NEMA heads have gumball lenses, most of them have the shallow ones seen earlier.
RemovedChecked on "as of" date (either in person or via latest GSV available), removal happened as late as that date or before
as of mid 2015
Capitol Mall right in downtown Sacramento, and- always a wonderful sight- a big installation of L-M Stylevue fixtures.
These are not Stylaires- a single Stylaire has a forward arching arm rather than this Stylevue which has an arm which is almost 'straight up'. From the sticker, it looks like this is 400W MH these days...originally it would have been mercury.
A little battered, but these fixtures are almost 50 years old.
07 Jul 2008
They still run the whole length of Capitol Mall from the Capitol building to the river, there must be 80 or more of them left.
07 Jul 2008
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 Mar 2019
As I remember this is Front St at O St, and the city has here a small display of some of it's old lighting, sort of a Vermonica in Sacramento.
07 Jul 2008
There are quite a few of the usual suspects here, including a GE NEMA barn light!
07 Jul 2008
A collection of acorns on the other side, and also what looks like what might have been there before the NEMA fixtures on Jibboom St were installed on those poles.