General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL/GLASS

Dimensions

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

Length

60.0 cm

Width

40.0 cm

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

General Gas

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Michigan

City

Kalamazoo

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C. 1912 +

Canada

ALTHOUGH GAS STREET LIGHTING CEASED IN TORONTO AROUND 1890, COMMERCIAL GAS LIGHTING CONTINUED, ESPECIALLY WITH APPEARANCE IN 1909 OF HUMPHREY ARC GAS LAMPS. IN 1914, HALF OF LIGHTING OF COMMERCIAL AREAS IN TORONTO WAS STILL DONE WITH GAS DESPITE POPULARITY OF ELECTRICITY.

Function

LIGHTING DEVICE WHICH PROVIDED LIGHT VIA GAS FLAME TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL AREAS.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF HUMPHREY ARC GAS LAMP. THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY EXTENDED POPULARITY OF EXTERIOR GAS LIGHTING. INFLOWING AIR REQUIRED FOR COMBUSTION OF GAS WAS HEATED BY OUTFLOWING HOT PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION, WHICH MADE IT POSSIBLE TO OBTAIN MORE LIGHT FROM GAS FLAME.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

ALMOST ILLEGIBLE PLATE APPEARS TO READ "HUMPHREY INVERTED FACTORY GAS ARC/ U.S. PATENTS/ [PATENT DATES]/ OTHER PATENTS PENDING/ MFD. BY GENERAL GAS LIGHT CO./ KALMAZOO, MICH. - 14 WEST BROADWAY N.Y."/ PLATE READING "THIS LAMP IS THE PROPERTY OF/ THE CONSUMERS' GAS CO. OF TORONTO"

Missing

MANTLES

Finish

PAINTED GLOSSY BLACK & WHITE/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS/ OTHER FINISHES OBSCURED BY CORROSION

Decoration

GOLD PAINTED EDGING