Lamp, electric
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- OBJECT TYPE
- STREET/MERCURY/1 SCKT/SCREW FIT.
- DATE
- 1965
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1679.001
- MANUFACTURER
- POWERLITE DEVICES
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, CERAMIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 80.0 cm
- Width
- 34.0 cm
- Height
- 26.0 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
- POWERLITE
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF A TYPE OF STREET LIGHT MADE & USED IN CANADA - Function
-
TO PROVIDE LIGHT FOR STREET LIGHTING - Technical
-
MERCURY LAMPS INTRO. FOR STREET LIGHTING 1930'S/ AFTER WWII MERCURY STREET LIGHTING BECAME VERY POPULAR IN U.S. & CANADA/ C.1960 BALLAST WAS INCORPORATED WITHIN LUMINAIRE - AS IS THE CASE IN THIS LUMINAIRE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON CASING 'POWERLITE/ DEVICES'/ ON TOP OF CASING 'LEVEL'/ RAISED MKGS INSIDE '1238', '1237' & AN 'R' INSIDE A DIAMOND/ BELOW LAMP SOCKET '3-1000W' & 'INC. 3250W-2'/ ON EDGES OF REFRACTOR 'STREET END's,'JOSLYN CAT. NO. J904010', 'HOUSE END', 'C4 [?]', 'HOLOPHANE [ENCIRCLED 'R'] NO. 4082 ENDURAL [ENCIRCLED 'R'] PAT. PENDING CAN. PAT. 1963'
- Missing
- BALLAST IS MISSING
- Finish
- PAINTED LIGHT SILVER COLOUR, GLASS IS TRANSPARENT & COLOURLESS
- Decoration
- N/A
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POWERLITE DEVICES, Lamp, electric, circa 1965, Artifact no. 1992.1679, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1679.001/
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