Lantern, oil
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BRAKEMAN'S
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.1021.001
- MANUFACTURER
- PIPER, HIRAM L. CO.
- MODEL
- CNR
- LOCATION
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS CHIMNEY/ IRON FRAME WITH IRON LAMP HOUSING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 20.0 cm
- Width
- 15.2 cm
- Height
- 25.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Lighting Technology
- Category
- Lighting devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- PIPER
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Québec
- City
- Montréal
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURED IN CANADA FOR THE CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY ONE OF THE MAIN RAILWAY COMPANIES IN CANADA - Function
-
TO PROVIDE A PORTABLE SOURCE OF LIGHT WHICH WAS USED BY RAILWAY WORKERS TO COMMUNICATE OPERATIONAL INSTRUCTIONS USING AN ESTABLISHED SYSTEM OF HAND GESTURES. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MOLDED ON EDGE OF SHADE: 'HIRAM L. PIPER CO. LTD C N R'/ MOLDED AROUND BURNER: 'USE LONG TIME BURNING OIL ONLY NO 400'/ STAMPED IN BURNER: 'ADLAKE/ 400'/ MOLDED IN BOTTOM OF BURNER: 'ADLAKE-KERO/ USA/ CANADA/ PATENTED'
- Missing
- none
- Finish
- PAINTED SILVER AND LACQUERED
- Decoration
- N/A
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PIPER, HIRAM L. CO., Lantern, oil, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1969.1021, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.1021.001/
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