Lamp, gas

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OBJECT TYPE: BICYCLE/ACETYLENE/CARBIDE
DATE: 1910
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.2031.001

MANUFACTURER: Hine-Watt Mfg. Co.
MODEL: COLUMBIA
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PLATED METAL, IRON BRACKET, GLASS REFLECTORS/ HAS SOME SORT OF INSULATING MATERIAL BEHIND REFLECTOR

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 19.5 cm
Width: 10.0 cm
Height: 14.0 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: Hine Watt
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Chicago

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: PART OF CANADA'S LARGEST & MOST IMPORTANT CYCLE COLLECTION/ AN EXAMPLE OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CYCLING, & ITS PREVALENCE IN POPULAR CULTURE - IN CANADA AS WELL AS INTERNATIONALLY
Function: TO BE ATTACHED TO A BICYCLE (OR POSSIBLY TO A CARRIAGE ETC.) & USED TO PROVIDE LIGHT
Technical: ONLY LAMP IN WHICH A GAS COCK CONTROLS THE GAS PRESSURE & WATER SUPPLY. CAN BE TURNED DOWN OR OUT LIKE A LANTERN. ONE CHANGE OF CARBIDE CAN BE USED CONTINUOUSLY UNTIL EXHAUSTED. LIGHTS INSTANTLY & DOES NOT JAR OUT. [REF 3]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ENGRAVED ON ONE SIDE 'COLUMBIA/ "MODEL C"/ AUTOMATIC'/ OTHER SIDE 'HINE-WATT/ MFG. CO./ CHICAGO/ U.S.A.'
Missing: N/A
Finish: SHINY SILVERTONE FINISH, CONSIDERABLY CHIPPED & RUBBED OFF, SOME AREAS DULLED, SOME RUSTY/ BRACKET IS VERY CORRODED/ ONE GREEN & 1 RED SIDE LIGHT
Decoration: N/A

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