General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

FERROUS & NON-FERROUS METAL, CERAMIC, MICA, FIBRE, POSSIBLY COMPRESSED ASBESTOS

Dimensions

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

Length

64.0 cm

Width

23.5 cm

Height

23.5 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

JANDUS

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Ohio

City

Cleveland

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

JANDUS LAMPS WERE USED TO LIGHT THE EATONS STORES IN WINNIPEG & TORONTO IN 1907

Function

TO PROVIDE LIGHT/ USED FOR STREET LIGHTING & ALSO TO LIGHT LARGE INTERIOR SPACES

Technical

JANDUS PRODUCED INTERCHANGEABLE TYPE ARC LAMPS - THE CASING, GLASSWARE & MAIN BODY BEING IDENTICAL IN JANDUS LAMPS FOR ALL CLASSES OF SERVICE/ THE LAMP HAD A DIFFERENTIAL MECHANISM GIVING A VERY CLOSEREGULATION/ IT HAD A LONG BURNING LIFE FOR THE TIME - 140-175 HRS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

ON CASE, RAISED 'JANDUS-CLEVELAND-U.S.A./ PATENTED'/ ON TOP 'N'

Missing

MISSING GLASSWARE & RECEPTACLE

Finish

CASE APPEARS TO BE PAINTED BLACK, SOME RUSTY CORROSION, SOME WHITE DEPOSITS

Decoration

VERTICAL RIBBING AROUND LOWER CASE, 2 RAISED BANDS RUNNING HORIZONTALLY ABOVE RIBBING & ONE RUNNING BELOW/ RIBBED ALONG LOWER EDGE