Monument record MHG53665 - Provost Light, Drummond Road, Inverness

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Grid reference NH 66922 43854 (point)
Map sheet NH64SE
Operational Area INVERNESS NAIRN BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY
Geographical Area INVERNESS

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A provost lamp stands in Drummond Street. Photographs were forwarded by Martin Briscoe.

Also known as "Bailie's lamps", the city lighting department would install a provost lamp one on the pavement outside the house of a Bailie - a senior councillor, all connected up to the streetlighting circuit. The Lord Provost of the city got two, and when they retired they got to keep one. The lighting stores kept several of them in stock; they were apparently expensive to have manufactured. They were cast iron, with the city coat of arms on them. <1>


<1> Briscoe, J M, 22/03/2010, Email and photographs from Martin Briscoe regarding Provost Lights in Inverness (Text/Correspondence). SHG24869.

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  • <1> Text/Correspondence: Briscoe, J M. 22/03/2010. Email and photographs from Martin Briscoe regarding Provost Lights in Inverness. Yes. Digital.

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Record last edited

Aug 25 2010 11:02AM

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