General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL, INCLUDING FERROUS METAL & COPPER; ASBESTOS; MICA; CERAMIC; FELTED FIBRE/.2-.3 GLASS

Dimensions

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

Length

N/A

Width

N/A

Height

N/A

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

General Electric

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

Schenectady

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

COMMERCIAL ARC LIGHTINGFIRST USED 1870S/ DECLINED AFTER C.1910/ SELDOM USED FOR SPACE LIGHTING BY 1940S

Canada

Unknown

Function

TO PROVIDE LIGHT/ USED FOR STREET LIGHTING & OTHER OUTDOOR LIGHTING

Technical

THE LUMINOUS ARC LAMP, 1ST DEVELOPED IN 1902 & PLACED ON THE AMERICAN MARKET IN 1903, WAS CONSIDERED G.E.'S MAIN CONTRIBUTION TO TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT IN ARC LIGHTING/ CONSUMING 310W IT GAVE 30 PERCENT MORE LIGHT THAN A 480W CARBON LAMP/ NO ENCLOSING GLOBE WAS REQUIRED & IT COULD PROVIDE IDEAL DISTRIBUTION OF LIGHT

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 MFR'S PLATE "FORM 3 LUMINOUS ARC LAMP/ FOR D.C. SERIES CIRCUITS/ NO. 1009330 CAT. 9565/ AMP 4/ JUNE 17 [1902] NOV. 17, 1903, AUG. 18, 1908, JAN. 19, 190[9]/ FEB. 23, 1909/ GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., U.S.A.". RAISED LETTERING ON CASE "LUMINOUS ARC LAMP/ LUMINOUS ARC LAMPS AND ELECTRODES THEREFOR/ ARE LICENSED FOR USE RESPECTIVELY ONLY WITH/ ELECTRODES AND LAMPS SOLD BY OR UNDER LICENSE/ FROM THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY/ GENERAL ELECTRIC CO./ SCHENECTADY, N.Y., U.S.A.". PLATE "4/ 4401". ATTACHED TAGREADS "113" (PROBABLY HYDRO)/.2 MASKING TAPE, PROBABLY PUT ON BY HYDRO, HANDWRITTEN "C113"/.3 HANDWRITTEN ON TAPE "113B"

Missing

GLASSWARE (OH RECORDS INDICATE THERE SHOULD BE A GLOBE WITH THIS PIECE) June 2017- globe was found-OH1184

Finish

.1 CASE APPEARS UNFINISHED - COPPER COLOUR/ TOP OF LAMP & LOWER SHIELD PAINTED RED/ REFLECTOR PAINTED WHITE/ PTS ARE BLACK RUSTY COLOUR, BRASS COLOUR/.2 COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT/.3 TRANSULCENT WHITE/.4 colourless, transparent glass

Decoration

.1 CASE HAS 4 NARROW, SLIGHTLY RAISED RINGS AROUND IT