Locomotive Signal Light Patent Model

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Description (Brief):

Dick’s improvement in “Signal-Lights for Locomotives” included a combination of a stationary and a moveable headlight which could also identify the train name or number.

Date Made: 1871Patent Date: 1872-07-23

Inventor: Dick, Andrew

Location: Currently not on view

Associated Place: Canada: Ontarian, Hamilton

Subject: Patent ModelsRailroads

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See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Communications, Work, Transportation, Invention and the Patent Model, Patent Models

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.331332Catalog Number: 331332Patent Number: 129,797Accession Number: 88881

Object Name: lamplamp, signalObject Type: Lighting DevicesPatent ModelLighting DevicesOther Terms: lamp; Lighting Devices; Whale Oil

Physical Description: iron, tinned sheet (lantern housing; lamp body; burner tube material)paint (exterior decoration material)glass (face plate material)brass (number bar; pulleys; burner cap and collar material)string (shade cords material)Measurements: overall: 21 cm x 13.1 cm x 11 cm; 8 9/32 in x 5 5/32 in x 4 11/32 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-82d8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_311571

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