Lighting unit, street
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- OBJECT TYPE
- INCANDESCENT/5 SOCKET
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1967.1267.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, CERAMIC SOCKETS, PROBABLY BRASS FITTINGS, PROBABLY SYNTHETIC COVERED WIRING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- 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
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF LUMINAIRE CAN BE SEEN IN PHOTOS OF TORONTO & OTTAWA FROM 1913 TO AT LEAST 1949
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF A TYPE OF STREET LIGHTING UNIT USED IN CANADIAN CITIES FOR SEVERAL DECADES - Function
-
TO SUPPORT & HOLD LAMPS & CONNECT THEM TO ELECTRICITY - FOR THE PURPOSES OF LIGHTING STREETS & OTHER OUTDOOR AREAS - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- PAINTED BLACK WITH A SECTION OF POST PAINTED WHITE/ SOCKETS GLAZED WHITE, BRASS COLOUR FITTINGS
- Decoration
- COLUMN IS FLUTED/ TOP OF COLUMN HAS RAISED CIRCULAR SECTION/ BASE HAS SERIES OF DECORATIVERIDGES & INDENTATIONS AROUND IT/ HEAD HAS STEPPED SQUARES AROUND EACH ARM COMING OUT FROM CENTRE, DECORATIVE WORK AT END OF EACH ARM, KNOB ON END
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Unknown Manufacturer, Lighting unit, street, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1967.1267, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1967.1267.001/
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