Lighting fixture, electric
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- OBJECT TYPE
- fluorescent/bipin
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0499.019
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 19
- Total Parts
- 21
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal housing, fixture, conduit and wiring with synthetic coating on wiring
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 66.0 cm
- Width
- 42.0 cm
- Height
- 29.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radar
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- THIS EQUIPMENT USED 1968 TO 1990.
- Canada
-
EQUIPMENT FROM CANADA'S FIRST VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICES (VTS) CENTRE, USED IN THE PORT OF MONTREAL 1968-1990. THIS CENTRE WAS 1 0F 2 MAJOR COMM. JUNCTIONS IN A LARGER VHF RADIO NETWORK CONSISTING OF 6 SHORE CENTRES AND 18 REPORTING POINTS EST'D ALONG THE ST. LAWRENCE FROM LES ESCOUMINS (EAST) TO MONTREAL (WEST). - Function
-
A specialized fixture used to direct light in a particular way to allow a radar operator enough light to work without interfering with the radar display. - Technical
-
THE VTS CENTRE USED RADAR & RADIO TO MONITOR AND CONTROL SHIPPING TRAFFIC IN MONTREAL HARBOUR 24 HOURS A DAY. IT WAS BASED ON STANDARD SHIPBOARD RADAR EQ., AUGMENTED BY STANDARD MICROWAVE TRANSMISSION LINKS AND A SIMPLE SUPERVISORY CONTROL UNIT DESIGNED BY DECCA RADAR CANADA. (REF.1) - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None apparent
- Missing
- Ballast removed due to PCB content
- Finish
- Exterior of the metal housing is finished in an olive green powder coat, with an unfinished silver-coloured interior. The lighting fixture itself is an off-white finished metal and there are silver-coloured metal conduits attached containing white and black wires.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Lighting fixture, electric, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1994.0499, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0499.019/
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