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

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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

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Width: N/A
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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: 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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