Lamp, gas
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BICYCLE/ACTYLENE/CARBIDE
- DATE
- 1911
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1981.0256.001
- MANUFACTURER
- HAWTHORNE MFG. CO. INC.
- MODEL
- OLD SOL 7
- LOCATION
- Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- NICKEL PLATED BRASS CASING/ GLASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 11.6 cm
- Width
- 16.0 cm
- Height
- 16.4 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Non-motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Animal powered
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- HAWTHORNE
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Connecticut
- City
- Bridgeport
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY USED FROM THE EARLY 1900'S UP TO THE 1930S WHEN ELECTRICAL DEVICES BECAME AVAILABLE
- Canada
-
CARBIDE/ACETYLENE PROCESS UTILIZED IN THIS LAMP WAS DISCOVERED BY CANADIAN T. WILLSON/ HAWTHORNE LAMPS WERE MADE IN CANADA BY THE POLLOCK MFG. CO. LTD, OF BERLIN ON [REF 1] - Function
-
USED FOR ILLUMINATION WHEN AFFIXED TO A BICYCLE OR A CARRIAGE; AS WELL AS PROVIDING A RED WARNING LIGHT FROM THE REAR. - Technical
-
MULTIPLE USAGE BRACKETS WERE OFFEED IN ORDER THAT ONE MIGHT MOUNT THE LAMP ON THE DASH OF THE BUGGY, AND LATER THE AUTOMOBILE, AS WELL AS THE BICYCLE[REF 2] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED INTO VENT HOOD TOP IS: 'OLD SOL/ MADE IN U.S.A. BY/ HAWTHORNE/ MFG. CO. INC./ BRIDGEPORT CONN'/ INCISED INTO WATER TANK CAP IS: 'OLD SOL REG. IN U.S. PAT OFFICE/ MADE IN U.S.A. BY HAWTHORNE MFG. CO. BRIDGEPORT CONN'
- Missing
- ACCESS DOOR FOR REAR OF LENS HOUSING
- Finish
- PLATED FINISH IS WORN & TARNISHED/ RED GLASS LENS & ONE SIDE JEWEL/ BRACKET ATTACHMENT PAINTED BLACK
- Decoration
- KNURLED RIM TO CARBIDE TANK BOTTOM
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HAWTHORNE MFG. CO. INC., Lamp, gas, circa 1911, Artifact no. 1981.0256, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.0256.001/
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