Articles and Features
A C Ford Ltd: Products list circa 1946 to circa 1978
- All text in blue is additional information from other sources and helpful notes.
- All text in green is a direct copy of information from the Product Book, but refers to none-streetlighting related products, such as cooker hot plates and grill boilers.
Products AC652
to AC1030
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Part
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Product |
Comment |
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AC652 |
4 spigot cap for 1 ½ gas tube |
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AC654 |
4 ½ spigot cap for 1 ½ gas tube |
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AC655 |
3 x 3 spigot for type 17 brackets |
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AC656 |
5 ½ spigot cap for 1 ½ gas tube |
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AC658 |
6 ½ spigot cap for 1 ½ gas tube |
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AC660 |
7 spigot cap for 1 ½ gas tube |
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AC662 |
7 ½ spigot cap for 1 ½ gas tube |
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AC664 |
Top casting for 60w transformer old type |
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AC666 |
Base casting for 60w transformer old type |
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AC668 |
Large box as AC604 with 3 ½ spigot cap |
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AC670 |
Casting for new 100-watt watertight fitting |
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AC672 |
Jackson 91J(?) grill
boiler casting for Derby |
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AC674 |
Cover plate for AC672
Jackson grill |
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AC676 |
Number is recorded, but no
entry is listed |
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AC678 |
Number is recorded, but no
entry is listed. |
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AC680 |
Canopy for 14 diameter reflector fitting |
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AC682 |
Spider casting for above |
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AC684 |
Lantern body of large Holophane refractor bowl |
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AC686 |
Ring for AC684 lantern body |
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AC688 |
Retaining plate for Holophane refractor for use with
AC684 |
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AC690 |
Hinge for AC686 ring |
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AC692 |
Lamp holder bridge for G.E.S |
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AC694 |
Spring clips for refractor and used with AC688 |
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AC696 |
Special lamp bridge for AC480 lantern (4 3/8) Glasgow |
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AC698 |
Special lamp bridge for AC480 lantern (4 3/8) Hobert(?)
Davies |
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45-watt side-entry lantern Available by 1956 and shown at a lighting show in Blackpool in same year. Thought to have been deleted from range very early on and replaced with 60w lantern. |
AC700
number reused, see entries from
AC870 onwards. |
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AC702 |
45-watt top-entry lantern Available by 1956 and shown at a lighting show in Blackpool in same year. Thought to have been deleted from range very early on and replaced with 60w lantern. |
AC702 number reused, see entries from AC870 onwards. |
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AC704 |
45/60-watt lamp holder bridge |
AC704 number reused, see entries from AC870 onwards. |
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AC706 |
45/60-watt retaining ring casting for wing nuts |
AC706 number reused, see entries from AC870 onwards. |
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AC708 |
8 ½ spigot cap side-entry for Cardiff |
AC708 number reused, see entries from AC870 onwards. |
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60-watt side-entry sodium lantern Thought to have been available from about 1958. |
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AC712 |
60-watt top-entry sodium lantern Thought to have been available from about 1958. |
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AC714 |
60-watt side-entry sodium lantern gear-in-head Thought to have been available from about 1958. |
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AC716 |
60-watt top-entry sodium lantern gear-in-head Thought to have been available from about 1958. |
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AC718 |
5 ½ spigot cap side-entry for Cardiff |
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AC720 |
Flat wall mounting bracket for watertight fitting as
AC184 |
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AC722 |
Top casting for 60-watt transformer (parsonage type)
New type |
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AC724 |
Base casting for 60-watt transformer (parsonage type)
New type |
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AC726 |
80-watt choke casting |
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AC728 |
80-watt choke casting lid for AC726 |
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Lantern Dome |
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AC732 |
Lantern dome ring |
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AC734 |
Spider for AC730 |
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AC736 |
Lamp holder bridge for AC730 |
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AC738 |
Number is recorded, but no
entry is listed |
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AC740 |
Special lid for AC42 fuse box for GEC |
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AC742 |
As AC186 with 6 and 2 5/8 spigot cap |
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AC744 |
Brass gland for AC165 box (Cardiff) |
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AC746 |
Special time switch box (as AC164 but Ύ deeper) |
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AC748 |
Spigot casting for fibreglass column |
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AC750 |
80-watt sodium lantern G.A. (see AC842) |
(G.A. = General assembly?) |
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AC752 |
Special post top lantern spigot 3 x 3 for Otley |
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AC754 |
Special Cardiff box |
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AC756 |
Special Cardiff lid |
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AC758 |
Refractor casting for post top lantern |
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AC760 |
60w Sodium post top lantern spigot casting 3 x 3 |
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AC762 |
Post top lantern to take 100-200-watt GLS lamps, or
mercury lamps with a 21 diameter reflector |
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AC764 |
As AC762 but with 12 ½ diameter reflector |
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AC766 |
Spigot for fibre glass column |
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AC768 |
Finial for fibreglass column |
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AC770 |
85-watt sodium lantern with gear |
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AC772 |
Box for Bournemouth Corporation |
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AC774 |
Lid for AC772 box |
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AC776 |
Spider casting for AC780 lantern. 4 x patterns |
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AC778 |
Special spigot for Bristol fibreglass column |
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AC778B |
Variation of the Bristol spigot |
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Post top lantern for use with Fluorescent lamps (tubes)
with gear |
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AC782 |
From
1968 catalogue: AC782 Post top lantern for use with Fluorescent lamps (tubes)
with gear |
AC782 Lantern is not listed in Product Book? |
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AC782 |
MAYELECTRO BULKHEAD |
AC782
is listed as Mayelecric Bulkhead in Product Book, the
flourescent post top lantern assembly is not recorded. |
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AC784 |
MAYELECTRO BULKHEAD |
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AC786 |
Cast iron control box 22 x 6 x 4 |
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AC788 |
Lid for AC786 |
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AC789 |
Brass sealing gland |
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Lantern body to house 2 x 40w fluorescent tubes |
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AC792 |
Special post top lantern (as per AC762, but to house
control-gear and time switch) for Huddersfield Corporation |
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AC794 |
Number is recorded, but no
entry is listed |
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AC796 |
Lantern body for 2 x 40-watt fluorescent lamps
(slim-line) |
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AC798 |
Number is recorded, but no
entry is listed |
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AC802 |
Vandal-proof lantern post top mounting, otherwise the
same as AC800 |
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AC804 |
Side-entry lantern |
Entry written in pencil,
nothing else recorded. |
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AC806 |
Side-entry lantern |
Entry written in pencil,
nothing else recorded |
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AC808 |
Side-entry lantern |
Entry written in pencil,
nothing else recorded. |
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AC810 |
Side-entry lantern |
Entry written in pencil, nothing else recorded. |
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AC812 |
Special box for A.E.I |
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AC814 |
Lid for AC812 |
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AC816 |
3 spigot adaptor aluminium (Court) |
Court foundry |
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AC818 |
Special cast iron casting for A.E.I floodlights |
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AC820 |
Side-entry spigot for steel columns |
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AC822 |
Top-entry spigot for steel columns |
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AC824 |
3 side-entry spigot for Coventry Corporation |
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AC826 |
Pole top spigot for A.E.I floodlight |
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AC828 |
Spigot adaptor for A.E.I lantern on S&L (Stuart and Lloyd) column |
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AC830 |
Casting for Oadby lantern |
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AC832 |
Wall bracket casting for Oadby lantern |
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AC834 |
Special box for Cardiff Corporation (written into
book in red Biro, then struck out with blue Biro. Then
added in blue Biro: Small P.V.C. box 8 Ό x 6 x 3 |
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AC836 |
Lid for AC834 (written in
red, then struck out with blue pen) |
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AC838 |
Special spigot for G Allan & Co Ltd |
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60-watt side-entry lantern body Bigger
version of the AC710 range with similar design of taper
sided bowl. |
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AC842 |
Special wall bracket for AC212 PVC box and AC810
lantern (written in black Biro, then struck out
with blue pen) It then reads: As above, but top-entry. Referring
to AC840 top-entry 60-watt lantern body Bigger
version of the AC710 range with similar design of taper
sided bowl. |
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AC844 |
Special spigot for G Allan & Co (written in blue Biro, then struck out) Then the
following note is added: 65-watt SOX side-entry lantern.
Pattern to take gear and photcell as well |
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AC846 |
Number is recorded, but no
entry is listed |
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Top-entry lantern, as AC810, but with gear-in-head |
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Side-entry lantern, as AC810, but with gear-in-head |
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AC852 |
Special wall bracket for AC212 PVC box and AC810
lantern |
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AC854 |
Post-top lantern to take 150-200-watt GF lamps,
80-125watt MBF/U and 35-watt SOX lamps (horizontal) |
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AC856/ 1-2 |
Knuckle joint casting for Road Signs Ltd |
Cradley Chain |
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AC858/ 1-2 |
Road Signs Ltd, lantern body and ring |
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AC860 |
Special 3 spigot cap, 4 deep |
Basildon UDC |
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AC862 |
Special 3 spigot cap, 3 deep |
Basildon UDC |
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AC864 |
Special 4 ½ across-flats spigot cap, 4 deep |
Basildon UDC |
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AC866 |
REVO type pole clamp |
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AC868 |
Wood pole back plate (Humberside) |
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Then the following part
numbers are inserted between
AC870 to AC870 |
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AC700 |
Road traffic sign lantern 2 x 8w in parallel |
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AC702 |
Road traffic sign lantern 2 x 8w in line |
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AC704 |
Road traffic sign lantern 2 x 20w in parallel |
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AC706 |
Road traffic sign lantern 2 x 40w in parallel |
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AC707 |
Cut out box |
Hermit |
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AC708 |
3 ½ x 3 spigot M&F (Exeter CC) |
Wyatt |
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AC709 |
Spigot column |
Hermit |
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AC870 |
10 post top |
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AC872 |
Universal bracket
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AC874 |
Number is recorded, but no
entry is listed |
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AC876 |
Revo steel pole clamp |
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AC878 |
Com/box Bracket and control box combination. |
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AC880 |
Number is recorded, but no
entry is listed |
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AC882 |
Number is recorded, but no
entry is listed |
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AC884 |
Number is recorded, but no
entry is listed |
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AC886 |
Number is recorded, but no
entry is listed |
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AC848/M lantern |
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Standard type fibreglass column. Dimensions are 14ft high with 9" diameter base |
This product was made from 1960 to the early/mid 1970's |
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Slim type fibreglass column. Dimensions are 14ft high with a 6 Ύ" diameter base |
This product was made from 1960 to the early/mid 1970's |
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