Lighting unit, street

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OBJECT TYPE: 5 SOCKET/SCREW FITTING
DATE: 1930
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.1732.001

MANUFACTURER: Adams-Bagnall
MODEL: LUXOLABRA
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 10
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1 METAL, MOSTLY FERROUS/ CERAMIC SOCKETS/ FIBRE COVERED WIRES/.2-.6 GLASS

Dimensions

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Length: N/A
Width: N/A
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: Adams Bagnall
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: EXAMPLE OF A TYPE OF STREET LUMINAIRE USED IN CANADIAN CITIES
Function: TO SUPPORT & HOLD LAMPS & CONNECT THEM TO ELECTRICITY - FOR THE PURPOSES OF LIGHTING STREET & OTHER OUTDOOR AREAS
Technical: THIS METHOD OF MAKING STANDARDS WITH PRESSED STEEL WAS A NEW DEVELOPMENT AT THE TIME THIS LIGHT WAS MANUFACTURED/ THE DOUBLE THICKNESS & FLUTING GAVE THE COLUMN GREATER STRENGTH WHILE MAKING IT LIGHTER THAN THE CAST IRON COLUMNS/ IT ALSO COST APPROX. HALF THE PRICE OF CAST IRON STANDARDS
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: STAMPED INSIDE SOCKETS 250V/ SS [EACH 'S' IS IN A DIAMOND]/ 660 W' - NOTE: THESE SOCKETS ARE NOT ORIGINAL, ADDED BY NMST RESTORATION 1996
Missing: no
Finish: PAINTED GREEN, SOME FINISH NOT ORIGINAL (SEE CONS. REPORT)/ SOCKETS GLAZED WHITE, BRASSTONE FITTINGS, UNFINISHED SILVERTONE CROSS PIECES
Decoration: BASE HAS STEPPED LOWER EDGE, ON 3 SIDES THERE IS AN INDENTED SQUARE BORDER & INSIDE A LAUREL WREATH DESIGN/ NEXT SECTION ALSO STEPPED/ COLUMN IS FLUTED

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Adams-Bagnall, Lighting unit, street, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1992.1732, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1992.1732.001/

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