Locomotive Signal Light Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1871
label: patent date
content: 1872-07-23
name: label: inventor
content: Dick, Andrew
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: Canada: Ontarian, Hamilton
topic: label: Subject
content: Patent Models
label: Subject
content: Railroads
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Communications
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content: Transportation
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.331332
label: catalog number
content: 331332
label: patent number
content: 129,797
label: accession number
content: 88881
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp
label: Object Name
content: lamp, signal
label: Object Type
content: Lighting Devices
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Object Type
content: Lighting Devices
label: Other Terms
content: lamp; Lighting Devices; Whale Oil
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, tinned sheet (lantern housing; lamp body; burner tube material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (exterior decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (face plate material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (number bar; pulleys; burner cap and collar material)
label: Physical Description
content: string (shade cords material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 cm x 13.1 cm x 11 cm; 8 9/32 in x 5 5/32 in x 4 11/32 in