Lantern, oil
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- OBJECT TYPE
- RAIL
- DATE
- 1850–1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0005.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL BODY WITH GLASS WINDOWS; FIBRE WICK
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.4 cm
- Width
- 12.4 cm
- Height
- 36.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Operations
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- COULD HAVE BEEN USED ANY TIME FROM THE 1850S UP TO THE 1920S WHEN BATTERY LIGHTING WAS MORE COMMON
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO PROVIDE LIGHT FOR RAIL OPERATIONS - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF LIGHTING WHEN COAL OIL BECAME WIDELY USED. SIGNALS AND INSPECTIONS WERE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THE TRAINS AT NIGHT. THIS TYPE OF LIGHT CAME AFTER CANDLE OR ANIMAL OIL LAMPS AND BEFORE GAS OR BATTERY LAMPS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NO MARKINGS
- Missing
- CONTAINER THAT HOLDS THE COAL OIL HAS BEEN REPAIRED WITH SOLDER
- Finish
- PAINTED SHINY BLACK
- Decoration
- FLUTED TOP
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Unknown Manufacturer, Lantern, oil, circa 1850–1900, Artifact no. 1968.0005, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1968.0005.001/
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