Hello everyone! As a company that builds street light poles for a living, we wont bore you today with specs or quotes; instead, well share a few fun little tales about these metal guardians you rarely notice.
Little-known fact 1: Back in 19th-century London the poles turned into makeshift notice boards.
People plastered them with lost pet ads, theater bills, and even love notes, creating an outdoor gossip wall that collected the cities highs, lows, and secret crushes.
Little-known fact 2: Todays smart poles can nearly breathe.
They track air quality, heat, and humidity, and in Shenzhen, some even raise themselves a bit when a typhoon rolls in.
Cold Knowledge 3:The colors mean something if you look closely.
Black or dark gray usually marks a historic district, milky white lights a shiny shopping zone, while green poles dot parks and bike paths.
Cold Knowledge 4:Some poles downright care for wildlife.
Dutch units have bat boxes up top, and in Chinas Sichuan reserve others glow with special LEDs so night animals stay unbothered.
Cold Knowledge 5: The world’s oldest lamp pole is still in use((“in ground”))
A cast iron lamp pole in Birmingham, England, that has been in use for over a hundred years and has survived both world wars. It still lights the cobblestone street in front of the church.
Cold Knowledge 6: Art on lamp poles
The panda lamp poles are with “sweater”-created by French artist Julien MallandF in nature, deployed around the globe, but the panda-themed ones in Chengdu, China are the most popular check-in spots!
Cold Knowledge 7: Lamp posts will be the “air purifiers” of tomorrow
The domestically advanced photocatalytic coating lamp poles, which can decompose automobile exhaust under illumination, have been piloted in Beijing Olympic area.
When next you go walking by night, glance up at these silent “night watchmen”. They’re more interesting than you might imagine!
Post time: Jun-19-2025