Nice score....looks similar to my Spherolite, except with the series wiring set up and a different refractor mount (and of course, it's green). I had similar problems getting old lights off their rusted arms when I saved a set of gumballs from a farm....it took some PB blaster, some days of soaking and reapplication, and a lot of pulling, twisting and swearing!

Was blood involved?

Heating it and using PB blaster also works too, it helped unfreeze those pesky traffic light screws when I was taking the lenses out.

Nice!

Thanks

A lot of those old HV series incandescent lamps were converted to remote ballast MV. The Jones Socket recepticle blades would be switched out with a set that didn't close when the socket was removed and either an insulator was cemented into place where the old rupture disk would have been placed or a non-series removable Jones socket was used. I wouldn't be surprised if the reflector was L-M and the lamp originally had a teardrop refractor that was later replaced with a gumball style cup. Good find!

this whole thing is LM it always has been gumball since day one.....even the arm is a LM an older one. Check the link I posted that took pkace in the 50s.....

Hmmmmm thats a nice fixture!

Hey Jace, why was this fixture removed?

Cuz it's outdated??? It was removed a long ago actually

But you have pictures of many others that are still in service. There where some incandescent street lights around here until the early 2000's.

Here's a comparison between the MH "Toronto Gumball" and a original gumball...they're still up even though the bus terminal is partially abandoned.

There are not many of those EXACT gumballs around......

And for the many pics of the gumballs, that was in New Jersey, and oh in PEPCO...and trust me there's not THAT many in PEPCO area....I only know one big hot spot....there was a lot more in the 90s though.......not my area....this particular one here is from my area........BGE is my area electric company...there are VERY VERY VERY few of them....BGE was pretty early in using MV since they have low wattage clamshells...which are rare in most places!


And Joe..AWESOME COMPARISON!!!! NOW GET AN ACTUAL PIC FROM YOUR OWN HANDS!

There are plenty of incandescents in Jamestown, RI. Some mercury vapor too. Not one HPS on that island.

Didn't have my camera with me today. And you need to pay me 3 bucks for the subway.

Oh stop whinin' Joe!

Oh sure...you can just fly on the platform without paying.

I agree, this one needs to be put back in service. Most Cool.

I looked at the insulator mount area on the bracket arm a little closer. The staining suggests that there may have originally been a saddle clamp style pair of insulators as strain relief for original series wiring. I suspect that those may have been removed and a single insulator installed for strain relief along with lighter gauge wiring. Just sayin'.

Amazing light, Jason.
I have a LM gumball with the same reflector and glass, but mine didn't come with a chain. Also, my head was designed for parallel operation and is side entry with a PC holder up top. I think I'll convert to MV, when I find a spare NEMA ballast.