Lantern, gas
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ACETYLENE(CARBIDE)
- DATE
- 1920–1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0034.001
- MANUFACTURER
- OXWELD RAILROAD SERVICE CO.
- MODEL
- A
- LOCATION
- New York, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 5
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METAL, PROBABLY ALUMINUM WITH STEEL AND WOOD HANDLE; GLASS LENS/.2 &.3 ALUMINUM/.4 &.5 GLASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 20.3 cm
- Width
- 15.2 cm
- Height
- 27.9 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
- OXWELD
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- New York
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1920'S TO 1950'S
- Canada
-
PART OF A COLLECTION OF RAILROAD RELATED TOOLS AND ACCESSORIES COLLECTED BY THE DONOR DURING HIS CAREER AT CANADIAN PACIFIC FROM 1940-1980 - Function
-
USED TO PROVIDE PORTABLE ILLUMINATION AT NIGHT. THIS LANTERN ESPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR RAILROAD WORK. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF CARBIDE LAMP TECHNOLOGY. THIS TYPE OF LAMP WAS POPULAR IN RAILWAY APPLICATION FROM ABOUT 1920 TO 1950. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 MOLDED IN COVER: 'MODEL A UNION CARBIDE LAMP/ PATENT PENDING'/ MFG'SPLATE: 'PAT. PEND/ Oxweld [IN CURSIVE]/ RAILROAD LAMP/ THE OXWELD RAILROAD SERVICE CO/ NEW YORK, N.Y. - CHICAGO, ILL.'/.2 -.5 NO MARKINGS
- Missing
- none
- Finish
- .1 UNFINISHED; HANDLE - METAL PAINTED SILVER & WOOD VARNISHED/.2 AND.3 UNFINISHED/.4 AND.5 UNCOLOURED GLASS
- Decoration
- N/A
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OXWELD RAILROAD SERVICE CO., Lantern, gas, between 1920–1950, Artifact no. 1997.0034, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1997.0034.001/
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