General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL, POSSIBLY ASBESTOS, WOOD, CERAMIC, POSSIBLY LEATHER, MICA

Dimensions

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

Length

149.0 cm

Width

28.0 cm

Height

28.0 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

General Electric

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

COMMERCIAL ARC LIGHTING FIRST USED 1870S/ DECLINED AFTER C.1910/ SELDOM USED FOR SPACE LIGHTING BY 1940S

Canada

Unknown

Function

TO PROVIDE LIGHT/ INTENDED SPECIFICALLY FOR STREET LIGHTING, TO BE USED ON TOP OF AN ORNAMENTAL POLE

Technical

THE LUMINOUS ARC LAMP WAS PUT ON THE U.S. MARKET IN 1903 BY G.E. & WAS CONSIDERED TO BE THEIR MAIN CONTRIBUTION TO TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT IN ARC LIGHTING/ IMPROVEMENTS WERE LATER MADE IN ELECTRODES & MECHANISM/ THIS TYPE OF LUMINOUS ARC LAMP WAS MEANT TO BE ADAPTABLE TO ORNAMENTAL STREET LIGHTING, IN RESPONSE TO A GROWING INTEREST IN MORE 'ARTISTIC' TREATMENTS OF STREET LIGHTING.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

STAMPED ON UPPER TUBE '292540'/ ON UPPER PLATE '380434-A'/ ON A LOWER PLATE '292517-F'

Missing

CASING, GLASSWARE

Finish

OUTER PTS & SOME INNER ONES APPEAR TO BE PAINTED BLACK, MUCH OF FINISH NOW MISSING, SHOWS CONSIDERABLE CORROSION/ SOME PTS UNFINISHED SILVER-GREY

Decoration

N/A