General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

FERROUS &NON-FERROUS METALS, POLYMER, PAPER, GLASS

Dimensions

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

Length

24.0 cm

Width

19.0 cm

Height

18.0 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

Adams Westlake

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Chicago

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

THIS LANTERN WAS USED IN THE 1960'S & INTO THE 1970'S

Canada

Unknown

Function

TO PROVIDE A PORTABLE SOURCE OF LIGHT WHICH WAS USED BY RAILWAY WORKERS TO COMMUNICATE OPERATIONAL INSTRUCTIONS ('STOP', ETC.) USING AN ESTABLISHED SYSTEM OF HAND GESTURES

Technical

THE HAND LANTERN WAS A COMMON & IMPORTANT PIECE OF RAILWAY EQUIPMENT FROM THE 1840'S ONWARD/ KEROSENE WAS THE COMMONLY USED FUEL SOURCE IN THESE LANTERNS INTO THE 1940'S, ALTHOUGH ACETYLENE LANTERNS WERE ALSO USED/ ELECTRICITY, PROVIDED BY A DRY CELL BATTERY, IS THE LATEST POWER SOURCE TO BE USED IN RAILWAY LANTERNS

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

ENGRAVED ON TOP 'CAUTION/ REMOVE BATTERY WHEN DEAD' & 'THE ADAMS & WESTLAKE CO./ REG.U.S. PAT.OFF./ No. 31-D/ PATENTED/ CHICAGO-[ELK]HART-NEW YORK'/ PAPER LABEL ON FRONT, PART MISSING '[?]HE HIRAM [?] PIPE[?]/ MONTREAL CANAD[A]'/ SCRATCHED ONTO FRONT 'RWD'

Missing

DRY CELL BATTERY REMOVED BY NMST CONSERVATION 01/95

Finish

EXTERIOR IS UNFINISHED, DULL SILVER-GREY COLOUR; LOWER SURFACE HAS SHINY SILVER FINISH; HANDLE HAS BRIGHT YELLOW POLYMER COATING

Decoration

N/A