Railway Lamp
Whitbourne Museum
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| Nom de l'objet : | Railway Lamp |
| Type de l'objet : | Lamp, Railroad |
| Classification de l'objet : | Man-made artefact |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | Tools & Equipment for Communication |
| Sous-catégorie de l'objet : | Visual Communication Tools & Equipment |
| Discipline : | Industrial History Material Culture |
| Matériaux : | Steel Glass |
| Technique de fabrication : | Cut Cast Blown |
| Numéro d'accession : | NoAccession07 |
| Fabricant : | General Steel Ware |
| Province d'origine : | Ontario |
| Pays d'origine : | Canada |
| Continent d'origine : | North America |
| Province d'utilisation : | Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Pays d'utilisation : | Canada |
| Culture : | Canadian |
| Secteur géo-culturel : | North America |
| Contexte culturel : | Railway Tools |
| Date de début de production : | 1933 |
| Date de fin de production : | 1950 |
| Période : | Mid 20th Century |
| Description : | This Artefact is an oil lamp used in the railway industry. The steel lamp has an oil tank on the bottom that forms the base of the lamp. The tank has a door for filling, it also houses the wick and knob that increases or decreases the length of the wick. A red glass globe sits over the wick and rests on the tank. It is protected by two steel wires that curve around the glass to form a cradle like structure. The globe is broad at its base, narrowing at the top. At the top of the globe is a steel cover. The cover is vented to allow the heat to escape the unit. The cover and tank are connected to each other by way of two rounded 'C' shaped steel arms. Attached to the top of the arms is a curved wire that allows the lamp to be hung on a hook. The lamp is bright red in colour. |
| Commentaires : | Oil fed lamps entered into the rail industry around 1860. There were numerous types of lamps used for a multitude of jobs. Lamps were hung on trains to indicate the class of train, at cross roads, and were used within the rail yard by workers to signal to the trains. This lamp is known as a 'hurricane lamp' and was used as an emergency stop signal. It was produced by the Canadian company General Steel Ware Limited and can be dated to the years following 1933 based on the inclusion of the companies initials GSW on the lamp. GSW formed in 1933 when the E.T. Wright Company and Sheet Metal Company of Canada merged. |
| Fonctions : | The red glass globe suggests that the lamp was used for signalling either along the rail line or in the rail yard. |
| Hauteur : | 39 |
| Unité de mesure linéaire : | cm |
| Nombre d'objets : | 1 |
| Nombre de parties composantes : | 2 |
| Nom des parties composantes : | Metal Body Glass Globe |
| Étiquette ou poinçon : | Beacon Oil Lamp Guaranteed Wind Proof GSW |
| Établissement : | Whitbourne Museum |
| Ville de l'établissement : | Whitbourne |
| Province de l'établissement : | Newfoundland and Labrador |
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