Lamp post at corner of Gordon Square & Gordon Street, Camden, Greater London

Photograph taken 2004 © Historic England Archive. Source Miss Patricia Philpott ARPS ref: 477369

This early electric lamp post was made in the 1890s by McDowell, Steven and Co. It is of historical interest as the last remaining lamp of this type from what was a pioneering authority in electric street lighting (1892) in London.

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Greater London Camden

Period

Victorian (1837 - 1901)

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Lamp post at corner of Gordon Square & Gordon Street, Camden, Greater London

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