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

88.0 cm

Width

39.0 cm

Height

39.0 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

1980'S +

Canada

FROM COLLECTION OF CONSUMERS' GAS OF TORONTO, INCORPORATED IN 1848 TO SUPPLY GAS LIGHTING TO TORONTO. GAS STREET LIGHTING BEGAN IN TORONTO IN 1840'S,CONTINUING THERE UNTIL 1890. IN 1960'S & 1970'S THERE WAS TREND RESULTING IN REVIVAL OF GAS EXTERIOR LIGHTING FOR DOMESTIC USE, MOSTLY IN DRIVEWAYS, PATIOS ETC.

Function

LIGHTING DEVICE WHICH PROVIDED LIGHT VIA GAS FLAME TO LIGHT EXTERIOR AREAS MOSTLY AT HOMES, SUCH AS DRIVEWAYS & PATIOS.

Technical

GAS LIGHTING, USING COAL GAS, WAS FIRST USED IN CANADIAN CITIES TO LIGHT STREETS, FIRST IN MONTREAL IN 1837 & IN TORONTO IN 1848, & LATER FOR INTERIOR LIGHTING AS WELL. THIS IS EXAMPLE OF OLD STYLE OF FORMER GAS STREET LIGHTING DEVICE REPRODUCED FOR HOME USE; IT HAS BEEN CONVERTED FROM ELECTRICITY TO GAS. ACCORDING TO MR. L. LAMBERT, COLLECTION EVALUATOR, THIS IS FORMER ELECTRIC POST LANTERN WHICH HAS BEEN MODIFIED FOR USE WITH GAS. THIS IS RECENT CAST-ALUMINUM POST LANTERN, FITTED WITH GAS PIPE & RECENT UPRIGHT MANTLE GAS BURNER

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

NONE

Missing

.1 2 PANES OF GLASS ( CW 1 DETACHED PANE), ORNAMENTAL SIDE TUBE/ .2 FINIAL

Finish

PAINTED BLACK CRINKLE FINISH/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS

Decoration

.1 SCALLOPED EDGING AROUND BASE