My guess would be that the bike listed as the original tall bike was more a one-of by an engineering type to make his job lighting lamps a little easier. I doubt that tall bikes to light lamps was anything close to the norm.

Tall bikes were popular a few years back among hip artists/craftsmen. Some of the "pilots" were/are welders or builders at Indy Fab, Seven etc. They' d plan "missions" where they'd pilot their "ships" from point A to point B -usually one watering hole to another. It was pretty cool to see a dozen or more "ships" slowly riding down the street.

Unless you were stuck behind them.
SCUL - Subspace Communication Headquarters

Anyway, when I saw the title of this thread, I immediately thought of
https://lamplighterbrewing.com/