However, denizens of Beijing could be the first to use 'fixed position lighting' (unlike hand-carried torches and lamps), as far back as 500 B.C., utilizing hollow bamboo as a piping and naturally occurring gas vents to create kind of street lamps. A slave responsible for lighting the oil lamps in front of Roman villas was called a lanternarius. At that time, oil lamps were used predominantly, as they provided a long-lasting and moderate flame. Main articles: Oil lamp and Gas lighting Preindustrial era Įarly lamps were used in the Ancient Greek and Ancient Roman civilizations, where light primarily served the purpose of security, both to protect the wanderer from tripping on the path over something or keeping potential robbers at bay. Street lights are an important source of public security lighting intended to reduce crime.

Many street light systems are being connected underground instead of wiring from one utility post to another. This function in older lighting systems could be performed with the aid of a solar dial. Many lamps have light-sensitive photocells that activate the lamp automatically when needed, at times when there is little-to-no ambient light, such as at dusk, dawn, or at the onset of dark weather conditions. When urban electric power distribution became ubiquitous in developed countries in the 20th century, lights for urban streets followed, or sometimes led.ĭetail of a street light from Paris Detail of a street light with Cupid, at the Austrian Parliament Building ( Vienna) Similar lights may be found on a railway platform.

A street light, light pole, lamp pole, lamppost, street lamp, light standard, or lamp standard is a raised source of light on the edge of a road or path.

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