Light standard on the newly-built Pattullo Bridge - Record Detail
Light standard on the newly-built Pattullo Bridge. - 1937.
| Part Of: | NWPL heritage collection - Photos [Description]
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| Description Level |
Item |
| Item No. |
3110 |
| Date Range |
1937 |
| Responsibility |
Stride Studios |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph |
| Scope & Content |
"Photograph shows a close-up of one of the 62 light standards on the newly-built Pattullo Bridge. Mott Electric under the leadership of William Mott installed the lighting for the Pattullo Bridge. They used a revolutionary type of sodium lighting that claimed to illuminate up to 4x the road area with the same electricity consumption of old style lights of equal candle power. The new lights produced illumination by glowing gas in the glass bulbs instead of the old type of glowing filament. These bulbs were called sodium luminaires. Mott Electric Company had to install all the necessary conduits and connections for the system as well as the substation. More than 35,000 ft. of lead cable and 20,000 feet of conduit pipe were used. Mott Electric was located at 414 Columbia St., in the Westminster Trust Building. See p. 16 of The British Columbian Souvenir Edition supplement to the daily British Columbian Nov 16, 1937.
Dan Mott, is the grandson of William Mott, who in addition to running Mott Electric, served as Mayor of New Westminster." |
| Name Access |
Pattullo Bridge |
| Subject Access |
Structures - Bridges |
| Geographic Location |
New Westminster (B.C.) |
| Record ID |
99419 |
| Comment on this record |
museum@newwestcity.ca |