Lighting lantern, street

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OBJECT TYPE: GAS/
DATE: 1900
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0435.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
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 FRAME/ GLASS PANELS

Dimensions

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

Length: 47.0 cm
Width: 47.0 cm
Height: 50.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Lighting Technology
Category: Lighting device parts
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH C.
Canada: FROM COLLECTION OF CONSUMERS' GAS OF TORONTO, GAS MFR. & DISTRIBUTOR, INCORPORATED IN 1848 TO SUPPLY GAS LIGHTING TO CITY OF TORONTO. AFTER 1880, IN FACE OF INCREASING COMPETITION WITH & EVENTUAL REPLACEMENT BY ELECTRIC LIGHTING, CG BEGAN SUPPLYING GAS AS FUEL FOR DOMESTIC APPLIANCES & LATER FOR HEATING.
Function: LIGHTING DEVICE WHICH PROVIDED LIGHT VIA GAS FLAME TO LIGHT STREETS OF CITY.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF STREET LAMP LANTERN OF C. 1900. GAS LIGHTING, USING COAL GAS, WAS FIRST USED INCANADIAN 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: TOP & BOTTOM MOUNTING BRACKETS/ GLASS PANEL
Finish: METAL FINISH OBSCURED BY CORROSION/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS
Decoration: EACH FRAME SIDE TERMINATES IN KNOB

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Unknown Manufacturer, Lighting lantern, street, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1998.0435, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0435.001/

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