ELECO GR551 Lantern Installations

ELECO GR551s were quite rare, only being used in a few select areas throughout the UK.  The GR551 was a side-entry-only lantern, for 35W to 55W SOX. The GR551 was integral-geared, but there was a remote-geared version available (the GR550).

SnowDome, Tamworth

These ELECO GR551 lanterns are true survivors! Thank you to AgentHalogen_87 for alerting me to the existence of these, and identifying them for me! They're very hidden, and it took some searching, but here they are! They are located near the SnowDome, under a road bridge passing under the A51. Now if you know your lanterns, you may be thinking: "But isn't the GR551 a side entry lantern?" and you'd be correct! For some reason, despite there being a top entry version available (the GR553) they instead drilled GR551s in order to use them as pendant lanterns. My best guess is supply issue with the pendant version at the time? Either way, these two (now only one as of 14th February 2024) are severely battle-scarred.