Lighting fixture, exterior

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OBJECT TYPE: LANTERN/POST/UPRIGHT BURNER
DATE: 1980–1998
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0427.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CAST ALUMINUM/ GLASS

Dimensions

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

Length: 76.0 cm
Width: 32.5 cm
Height: 27.0 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: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1960'S +
Canada: THERE WAS TREND IN CANADA IN 1960'S & 1970'S FOR INCREASING OUTDOOR LIVING. GAS LIGHTING BECAME POPULAR AGAIN DURING THIS PERIOD; GAS BARBEQUES & GAS LAMPS WERE SOLD AS "PATIO PAIRS" BY CONSUMERS' GAS IN EARLY 1970'S. IN PAST, GAS LIGHTING WAS USED MOSTLY FOR STREET LIGHTING & RARELY FOR PRIVATE DRIVEWAYS.
Function: LIGHTING DEVICE WHICH PROVIDED LIGHT VIA GAS FLAME TO LIGHT EXTERIOR AREAS MOSTLY AT HOME, SUCH AS DRIVEWAYS & PATIOS.
Technical: GAS LIGHTING, USING COAL GAS, WAS FIRST USEDIN CANADIAN CITIES TO LIGHT STREETS, FIRST IN MONTREAL IN 1837 & IN TORONTO IN 1848, & LATER FOR INTERIOR LIGHTING AS WELL. BY 1880S, USE OF ELECTRICITY HAD SPREAD TO CANADA FROM U.S., EVENTUALLY REPLACING GAS LIGHTING.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: NONE
Missing: GAS TIPS/ POLES/ MANTLES/ GAS REGULATOR?
Finish: PAINTED BLACK/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS
Decoration: CAST EDGINGS & CURVES

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Unknown Manufacturer, Lighting fixture, exterior, between 1980–1998, Artifact no. 1998.0427, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0427.001/

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