Lamp, electric & bracket
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- OBJECT TYPE
- STREET/INCANDESCENT/SCREW FITTING
- DATE
- 1925
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1760.001
- MANUFACTURER
- POWERLITE DEVICES LTD.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METAL;.2 METAL, CERAMIC, PROBABLY RUBBER & SYNTHETIC, FIBRE COVERED CORD/.3-.4 METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 101.0 cm
- Width
- 24.0 cm
- Height
- 183.5 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
- POWERLITE
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C.1925-1960 - SIMILAR UNITS AVAILABLE FROM AT LEAST 1915, & COULD HAVE BEEN USED IN SOME PLACES AFTER 1960
- Canada
-
TYPE OF STREET LIGHTING UNIT MADE &USED IN CANADA/ THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN ORNAMENTAL LIGHTING UNIT SUCH AS WERE PROMOTED AS PT OF THE 'CITY BEAUTIFICATION' MOVEMENT WHICH BEGAN AROUND 1910 - Function
-
TO PROVIDE A HOUSING & SUPPORT FOR A LAMP & TO CONNECT IT TO THE POWER SUPPLY/ USED FOR STREET LIGHTING - ALSO TO SERVE AN ORNAMENTAL FUNCTION - Technical
-
INCANDESCENT LIGHTING BEGAN TO TAKE OVER FROM ARC LAMPS FOR STREET LIGHTING C.1910-1920, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS AS GAS-FILLED LAMPS & TUNGSTON FILAMENTS/ INCANDESCENT LAMPS REIGNED FOR STREET LIGHTING UNTIL 1933 WHEN MERCURY & SODIUM LAMPS WERE INTRODUCED, & GRADUALLY GAINED IN POPULARITY - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 ON DECORATIVE SHIELD 'TEMPORAR MULTANTUR' CAST IN NUMBERS AT JOINT MAY BE '334-[?]'
- Missing
- GLOBE, POSSIBLY REFLECTOR, CERAMIC SECTION AT TOP BROKEN - PTS MISSING/ MAY BE OTHER PTS MISSING
- Finish
- .1 PAINTED GREEN WITH DECORATIVE SHIELD SHAPE PAINTED GREY/.2 PAINTED GREEN ON OUTSIDE (NOT ORIGINAL), SOME GLAZED WHITE CERAMIC PTS, INSIDE SHOWS RUSTY CORROSION, SOME BLACK & BRASS-COLOUR PTS INSIDE/.3 PAINTED GREEN OUTSIDE, SOME WHITE, BLACK & RUST SPOTS, INSIDE MOSTLY RUSTY COLOUR - SOME WHITE & GREY PATCHES/.4 DARK BROWN & RUSTY COLOUR, PAINTED GREEN ON HALF OF OUTER SIDE/ SOME WHITE & GREY PATCHES
- Decoration
- .1 SHIELD SHAPE NEAR TOP WITH AN UPSIDE DOWN MAPLE LEAF ON IT, WITH A BANNER ACROSS THIS, FRAMED ON SIDES & BELOW WITH DECORATIVE SCROLL SHAPED PIECES/ AT LUMINAIRE END COLLAR HAS CLOSELY SPACED VERTICAL RIDGES/ BASE OF BRACKET HAS DECORATIVE POINT/.2 NECK HAS CLOSELY SPACEDVERTICAL RIDGES/.3 HAS 'PANELLED' SIDES LEADING UP TO A POINT
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POWERLITE DEVICES LTD., Lamp, electric & bracket, circa 1925, Artifact no. 1992.1760, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1992.1760.001/
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