Lamp, electric arc
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- OBJECT TYPE
- OPEN
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1607.001
- MANUFACTURER
- ELECTRIC CONSTRUCTION & SUPPLY CO.
- MODEL
- WARD
- LOCATION
- New York, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 19531
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Ferrous and non-ferrous metals, including copper and brass; rubber, fibre, probably asbestos, with a carbon in place.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 129.0 cm
- Width
- 20.5 cm
- Height
- 9.7 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
- ELECTRIC
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- New York
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Commercial arc lighting first used 1870's. Declined after c.1910, seldom used for space lighting by 1940's.
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
To provide light for street lighting - Technical
-
This type of lamp was adaptable to use in incandescent lighting circuits. It burned with a pure white light which was steady & uniform, considered steadier and more brilliant than that of other open arc lamps of the period. The carbons were made especially for this company under their own patents - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Embossed on box covers 'THE/ ELECTRIC CONSTRUCTION/ AND/ SUPPLY CO./ NEW YORK'/.2 STAMPED IN SIDE '2[4]232' & SCRATCHED IN BY HAND ABOVE 'EL'/.1 STAMPED IN SIDE '19531', 'PAT. [JAN] [ILLEGIBLE]' & 'X'
- Missing
- Missing globes/ .2 missing holder for lower carbon, .1 missing cover for 1 side of box
- Finish
- Japanned black on frame and casing. Inside parts appear brass and copper colour, some black, some reddish colour.
- Decoration
- N/A
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