Lantern
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- OBJECT TYPE
- brakeman/hand/wire bottom/single guard
- DATE
- 1923
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2011.0142.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Adams & Westlake Co.
- MODEL
- 250 Kero
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Steel (possible) lantern frame
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 23.5 cm
- Width
- 15.5 cm
- Height
- 38.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Adams Westlake
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Used by brakemen, conductors, station agents and any other railroad employee to give a "stop" signal at night. (see Ref. 2) - Technical
-
The lantern is a cold blast type with a red globe. (See Ref. 2) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- On proper top: "THE ADAMS & WESTLAKE CO./ P.M.R.Y./ No. 250 KERO/ NEW YORK-CHICAGO-PHILA."/ Around the rim of the proper top: "PAT'D U.S. MAY-5 1908 - SEPT.21 1909 - NOV.28 1911/ APR.1-1913 - MAY 9-1922 - CANADA, 1921 1923. PATS. PENDING"
- Missing
- Appears complete
- Finish
- Dark finished metal
- Decoration
- N/A
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Adams & Westlake Co., Lantern, circa 1923, Artifact no. 2011.0142, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2011.0142.001/
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