Lamp, electric
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- OBJECT TYPE
- STREET/FLUORESCENT/BI-POST
- DATE
- 1955
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1662.001
- MANUFACTURER
- KRAUCHI
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, SYNTHETIC, FOAM
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 166.0 cm
- Width
- 40.0 cm
- Height
- 21.0 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
- KRAUCHI
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
LUMINAIRE PROVIDES A HOUSING FOR LAMPS & A MEANS OF CONNECTING THEM TO ELECTRICITY/ TOGETHER UNIT PROVIDES LIGHT FOR STREET LIGHTING & POSSIBLY OTHER OUTDOOR LIGHTING - Technical
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FLUORESCENT LIGHTS CAME ON THE MARKET IN 1938/ THEY WERE 1ST TRIED FOR STREET LIGHTING IN U.S. IN 1941. BOTH WERE LITTLE USED UNTIL 1950 WHEN SEVERAL U.S. CITIES INSTALLED THEM/ IT WAS REPORTEDTHAT VISIBILITY WAS BETTER ON BOTH WET & DRY PAVEMENT WITH FLUORESCENT LIGHTS AS COMPARED TO MERCURY ARC OR INCANDESCENT LIGHTS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- RAISED LETTERING AT END 'KRAUCHI'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- OUTSIDE OF CASING APPEARS TO BE PAINTED GREY/ INSIDE CASE PAINTED WHITE BUT IN MIDDLE IS SYNTHETIC WHITE SECTION & SIDES HAVE CHROME-LIKE FINISH
- Decoration
- N/A
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KRAUCHI, Lamp, electric, circa 1955, Artifact no. 1992.1662, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1662.001/
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