General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL; CERAMIC; FIBRE; GLASS

Dimensions

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

Length

59.0 cm

Width

36.0 cm

Height

43.0 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

CLM

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

EXAMPLE OF A TYPE OF STREET LIGHT USED IN CANADA

Function

TO PROVIDE LIGHT FOR STREET LIGHTING

Technical

MERCURY LAMPS WERE INTRODUCED FOR STREET LIGHTING IN THE 1930'S/ WWII INTRODUCED THEIR SPREAD BUT AFTER THE WAR MERCURY STREET LIGHTING BECAME VERY POPULAR IN U.S. & IN CANADIAN CITIES/ MERCURY LAMPS ARE VERY EFFICIENT & HAVE A LONG LIFE/ THIS LUMINAIRE DOES NOT HAVE AN INTEGRAL BALLAST - THESE WERE 1ST INTRODUCED C.1960

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 RAISED ON BACK '611456-1'/.2 ON RIM NEAR HINGE '626234-['C' IS BACKWARDS]'/ SMALL CIRCLE CONTAINS WHAT APPEARS TO BE 'BOC'/ ON GLASS 'HOLOPHANE [ENCIRCLED 'R']/ 4151E'/ RAISED IN GLASS IS CIRCLE CONTAINING A TRIANGLE, INSIDE TRIANGLE 'LM' & BETWEEN TRIANGLE & CIRCLE IS ENCIRCLED 'R'/ ON RIM 'HOLOPHANE PAT. PENDING'/ ON INCANDESCENT LAMP 'Westinghouse/ 300W/ 120 Volts'

Missing

.1 METAL,CERAMIC, FELTED FIBRE, GLASS BULB IN PLACE/ .2 GLASS WITH METAL RIM

Finish

.1 OUTSIDE IS SILVER COLOUR, INSIDE HAS REFLECTOR WITH CHROME-LIKE FINISH/ BULB HAS CLEAR COLOURLESS FINISH, BLUE-GREY LINER/.2 TRANSPARENT, COLOURLESS GLASS, UNFINISHED SILVER-COLOUR RIM

Decoration

N/A