Each of the three chandeliers in the Poughkeepsie Train Station
sports 36 bulbs in two rings. When the station opened in 1918
they installed those newfangled incandescent bulbs that were all
the rage at the time. The color of the bulbs in this Wikipedia
picture, dated October 2007, suggests that tungsten ruled for at
least nine decades: Since then, they installed chunky compact
fluorescent bulbs that probably provide the same amount of
light, minus the pinpoint highlights from tungsten filaments in
clear bulbs. This view from below the central chandelier shows
the layout and some detail of the carving & decorative sockets:
In addition to being decorative, those chandeliers also give
useful data on the reliability of compact fluorescent bulbs.
With the contrast stretched the other way to make the bulbs
easier on the eye, count the number of deaders in … I took each
picture from a vantage point showing all the deaders; the bulbs
hidden behind the central dingus work. Let us assume all 108
bulbs were installed a