Lighting unit, street

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1966.1104.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: 605
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal lighting unit post

Dimensions

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

Length: 787.0 cm
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 35.6 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: (From worksheet, see Ref. 1) George Cutter Street Lamps were a common street lamp used across North America. They were manufactured and built in South Bend, Indiana. George Cutter worked producing the first Alexander Graham Bell telephone, and later became a manager at the Thompson-Houston company which would join General Electric with George Cutter being considered the founder of General Electric International.
Function: To support and hold lamps and connect them to electricity, for the purpose of lighting streets and other outdoor areas.
Technical: (From worksheet, see Ref. 1) George Cutter was the largest manufacturer of street lighting in the world.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: On a panel on the base: "GEO. CUTTER SO. BEND IND./ 605"
Missing: Missing lamp globes and internal wiring.
Finish: Black metal lighting unit.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Lighting unit, street, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1966.1104, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.1104.001/

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