General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL;.2 METAL, CERAMIC, PROBABLY RUBBER & SYNTHETIC, FIBRE COVERED CORD/.3-.4 METAL

Dimensions

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

Length

101.0 cm

Width

24.0 cm

Height

183.5 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

POWERLITE

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C.1925-1960 - SIMILAR UNITS AVAILABLE FROM AT LEAST 1915, & COULD HAVE BEEN USED IN SOME PLACES AFTER 1960

Canada

TYPE OF STREET LIGHTING UNIT MADE &USED IN CANADA/ THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN ORNAMENTAL LIGHTING UNIT SUCH AS WERE PROMOTED AS PT OF THE 'CITY BEAUTIFICATION' MOVEMENT WHICH BEGAN AROUND 1910

Function

TO PROVIDE A HOUSING & SUPPORT FOR A LAMP & TO CONNECT IT TO THE POWER SUPPLY/ USED FOR STREET LIGHTING - ALSO TO SERVE AN ORNAMENTAL FUNCTION

Technical

INCANDESCENT LIGHTING BEGAN TO TAKE OVER FROM ARC LAMPS FOR STREET LIGHTING C.1910-1920, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS AS GAS-FILLED LAMPS & TUNGSTON FILAMENTS/ INCANDESCENT LAMPS REIGNED FOR STREET LIGHTING UNTIL 1933 WHEN MERCURY & SODIUM LAMPS WERE INTRODUCED, & GRADUALLY GAINED IN POPULARITY

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 ON DECORATIVE SHIELD 'TEMPORAR MULTANTUR' CAST IN NUMBERS AT JOINT MAY BE '334-[?]'

Missing

GLOBE, POSSIBLY REFLECTOR, CERAMIC SECTION AT TOP BROKEN - PTS MISSING/ MAY BE OTHER PTS MISSING

Finish

.1 PAINTED GREEN WITH DECORATIVE SHIELD SHAPE PAINTED GREY/.2 PAINTED GREEN ON OUTSIDE (NOT ORIGINAL), SOME GLAZED WHITE CERAMIC PTS, INSIDE SHOWS RUSTY CORROSION, SOME BLACK & BRASS-COLOUR PTS INSIDE/.3 PAINTED GREEN OUTSIDE, SOME WHITE, BLACK & RUST SPOTS, INSIDE MOSTLY RUSTY COLOUR - SOME WHITE & GREY PATCHES/.4 DARK BROWN & RUSTY COLOUR, PAINTED GREEN ON HALF OF OUTER SIDE/ SOME WHITE & GREY PATCHES

Decoration

.1 SHIELD SHAPE NEAR TOP WITH AN UPSIDE DOWN MAPLE LEAF ON IT, WITH A BANNER ACROSS THIS, FRAMED ON SIDES & BELOW WITH DECORATIVE SCROLL SHAPED PIECES/ AT LUMINAIRE END COLLAR HAS CLOSELY SPACED VERTICAL RIDGES/ BASE OF BRACKET HAS DECORATIVE POINT/.2 NECK HAS CLOSELY SPACEDVERTICAL RIDGES/.3 HAS 'PANELLED' SIDES LEADING UP TO A POINT