General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL - INCLUDING ENAMELLED STEEL, CERAMIC INSULATORS, RUBBER OR SYNTHETIC COVER ON CORD

Dimensions

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

Length

83.0 cm

Width

45.0 cm

Height

41.0 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

General Electric

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

EXAMPLE OF A TYPE OF LIGHT FIXTURE USED TO LIGHT SOME CANADIAN HIGHWAYS AS NIGHT TRAFFIC BEGAN TO INCREASE ON THEM

Function

TO PROVIDE LIGHT ALONG HIGHWAYS

Technical

THIS UNIT PROVIDED A MORE EFFICIENT SYSTEM OF HIGHWAY LIGHTING THAN SOME PREVIOUS ONES, AS LIGHT WAS DIRECTED ALONG THE ROAD & NOT INTO NEIGHBOURING FIELDS ETC./ BETTER EFFICIENCY MEANT LIGHTS COULD BEMORE WIDELY SPACED, THUS REDUCING COSTS/ THE SERIES OF SMALL REFLECTORS WERE DESIGNED TO DO THE WORK OF A 15' DIAMETER ONE

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

SMALL STAMP INSIDE REFLECTOR 'GE'

Missing

N/A

Finish

OUTSIDE OF OUTER REFLECTOR ENAMELLED GREEN, INSIDE REFLECTORS ENAMELLED WHITE, APPEARS DARKENED IN PLACES AROUND EDGES & CHIPPED OFF IN SPOTS SHOWING RUST COLOUR/ MOUNTING BRACKET PAINTED BLACK, WHITE INSULATORS/ BRACKET WHICH HOLDS LAMP IS PAINTED GREY

Decoration

N/A