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- OBJECT TYPE
- lamp post/street/electric
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1732.010
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 10
- Total Parts
- 10
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Steel column with a dark green coating on the exterior surface.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 36.8 cm
- Width
- 299.7 cm
- Height
- 41.9 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
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Example of a type of street luminaire used in Canadian cities. - Function
-
This doric or corinthian style column serves as the middle section of the street luminaire. - Technical
-
This method of making standards with pressed steel was a new development at the time this light was manufactured. The double thickness and fluting gave the column greater strength while making it lighter than the cast iron columns. It also cost approximately half the price of cast irons standards. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- Steel column with a dark green coating on the exterior surface.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Column, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1992.1732, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1992.1732.010/
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