I've been wondering what the sign really means. I wondered if H28FT perhaps indicates the lamp post's height - but why? So, like any web-savvy person would do I did an image search for H28FT and found... ladders. How very strange, and yet possibly appropriate.
Do you know what these signs are/were used for? Do they perhaps indicate the height that the crane, used when changing light bulbs, should pick the workmen up to reach the light fixture?
Megan
Doesn’t it refer to the height of the lamp post? ie. Height 28 foot = H28FT. :-)
Helen
Maybe for trucks to know if they can fit under it? Or height above sea level? :)
Kathy
In the UK we have H signs to indicate water hydrants – maybe for fire brigade connections?
Paul
Post authorThat’s what I suspected at first Megan, but I’m not sure anymore.
Helen, I doubt that it means height above sea level – this spot was far higher than that. Probably not trucks either – imagine an 8M tall truck! :)
Deon emailed me and suggested that it means the distance from a water hydrant – so yeah, Kathy, I suspect you may be right. Next time I’ll look around for a fire hydrant.
mjw
I’ve also always thought it meant distance from hydrant.
Steve Crane
I think it indicated there was a fire hydrant at that distance from the pole with the side the sign is on showing direction.