Jubilee Lamps
Jubilee Lamps
Jubilee Lamps
Jubilee Lamps
Jubilee Lamps
Jubilee Lamps
Jubilee Lamps

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Two lamps set at either end of the short bridge, designed by R. Parkinson, the engineer of the the Eastern and Midlands Railway. There are short lamp posts with foundry badges at the base, rising to a glass bowl lamp. The lamps have been converted from gas to electricity.
Title

Jubilee Lamps

Date

1887

Medium

cast iron & glass

Measurements

H 100 x W 60 x D 60 cm (E)

Accession number

NR32_RHT_S071

Acquisition method

commissioned by William Youngman, Mayor of Lowestoft

Work type

Street furniture

Owner

Waveney District Council

Custodian

Waveney District Council

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

29th August 1887 

Access

at all times

Signature/marks description

on plaque at base of lamps: HODDESDON D.W.WINDSOR HERTS ENGLAND 

Inscription description

on Bellevue side of bridge: OPENED 29th AUGUST 1887 / BEING THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF / THE GRANT OF / A CHARTER OF INCORPORATION / TO / THE BOROUGH OF LOWESTOFT and: THIS BRIDGE WAS PRESENTED / IN COMMEMORATION OF / THE JUBILEE OF THE REIGN OF / HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA / BY / WILLIAM YOUNGMAN ESQ / FIRST MAYOR OF LOWESTOFT

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Located at

North Parade, Lowestoft

NR32 4PA

Located at both ends of the bridge connecting North Parade with Bellevue Park and Gardens.