This street lamp shines so brightly because the ‘lamp lighter’ has just cleaned it. Said lamp-lighter arrives in a small truck he drives. Parking the truck in the middle of the narrow brick street, he exits the cab and walks around to the back of the truck. There he reaches up and opens a half-sized door to an open box. He climbs the stairs, shuts the door behind him and now stands in the box. Using gears on the side of the box he raises himself to the height of the lamp. At height, he swings the box to abut the shade. Removing the metal lid, he replaces the bulb, wipes off the glass- could do better on this score – and after wiping the metal top replaces it. Now reversing the process he drives the 50 feet to the next lamp post.
