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OBJECT TYPE: GAS LIGHTER/DISTANCE/PNEUMATIC
DATE: 1906
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0324.001

MANUFACTURER: PNEUMATIC GAS LIGHTING CO. LTD.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: London, England

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General Information

Serial #: 23759
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SWITCH: WOOD TOP & BASE, BRASS BODY/ BRASS PIPING/ BRASS REGULATOR

Dimensions

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

Length: 6.8 cm
Width: 5.2 cm
Height: 4.8 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Lighting Technology
Category: Lighting accessories
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: PNEUMATIC
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: London

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: CIRCA 1906 +
Canada: TYPE OF SWITCH USED TO OPEN & CLOSE VALVES OF GAS LIGHTS IN URBAN CANADIAN HOMES. FROM COLLECTION OF CONSUMERS' GAS OF TORONTO, INCORPORATED IN 1848 TOSUPPLY GAS LIGHTING TO TORONTO. AFTER 1880, IN FACE OF COMPETITION WITH & LATER REPLACEMENT BY ELECTRIC LIGHTING, CG BEGAN SUPPLYING GAS AS FUEL FOR DOMESTIC APPLIANCES *
Function: DEVICE USED TO OPEN & CLOSE GAS VALVE AT DISTANCE, INSTEAD OF USING CONVENTIONAL PLUG COCK.
Technical: BECAUSE OF COMPETITION WITH ELECTRIC LIGHTS DURING LATE VICTORIAN PERIOD, GAS SWITCHES WERE INTRODUCED AS ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF LIGHTING OR CLOSING GASOLIERS WHICH WAS SIMILAR TO ELECTRIC SWITCH. PNEUMATIC GAS SWITCH WAS INTRODUCED IN 1903 & WAS FIRST TYPE OF GAS SWITCH WITH PERMANENT PILOT.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED LETTERING ON REGULATOR READS "THE PNEUMATIC GAS LIGHTING Co Ltd/ LONDON No 23759/1906" & "INVERTED"
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: BROWN STAINED & COATED WOOD/ POLISHED BRASS
Decoration: CIRCLE OF RAISED DOTS BELOW TOP & PATTERN OF PARALLEL VERTICAL RIDGES ON SIDES OF BRASS PORTIONS OF SWITCH

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PNEUMATIC GAS LIGHTING CO. LTD., Switch, circa 1906, Artifact no. 1998.0324, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1998.0324.001/

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