Lantern
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- OBJECT TYPE
- railway/station
- DATE
- 1902–1915
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2009.0387.001
- MANUFACTURER
- PIPER, H.L.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal lantern housing and glass panels Extérieur en métal avec panneaux de verre.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 31.3 cm
- Width
- 29.3 cm
- Height
- 61.4 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Operations
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- PIPER
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Québec
- City
- Montréal
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- ca. 1905-1942
- Canada
-
Used to hold lanterns at the Canadian National Railway station in Carlsbad Springs. The station was first known as the Eastman Springs station and was a Barrington style station build around 1882. It burned in 1905 or 1906 and the Grand Trunk Railway replaced it with a station that stood until 1965. Ces objets contenaient des lanternes à la gare du Canadien National à Carlsbad Springs. La station a d'abord été connue sous le nom de station Eastman Springs et était une station de style Barrington construite vers 1882. Il a brûlé en 1905 ou 1906 et le Grand Trunk Railway l'a remplacé par une gare qui a tenu jusqu'en 1965. - Function
-
Used to hold a lamp to act as a signal light outside a railway station. Utilisé pour contenir une lampe pour fonctionner comme signal dehors une gare ferroviaire. - Technical
-
The lanterns were used as signals, but were replaced by a semaphore around 1942. Ces lanternes étaient utiliser comme signaux, mais ont été remplacés par sémaphore vers 1942. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- In raised lettering on the chimney at the proper top: "H.L. PIPER/ MONTREAL"
- Missing
- Lamp and lamp base. Lampe et base.
- Finish
- Predominantly black finished metal construction with clear glass panels. Principalement noir avec panneaux de verre transparent.
- Decoration
- N/A
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PIPER, H.L., Lantern, circa 1902–1915, Artifact no. 2009.0387, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2009.0387.001/
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