Inspection torch
date: label: Date made
content: 1920s
label: date made
content: ca. 1920s
label: used date
content: 1840s-1950s
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: A Southern Railway locomotive inspector used this kerosene torch to inspect parts of a steam locomotive when natural light was inadequate. The a wick was stuffed into the spout that led into the kerosene-filled well of the vessel. A hollow handle allowed the torch to be carried.
label: Description
content: Part of a small array of hand tools displayed in "America On The Move" - such tools were used in the inspection and repair of steam locomotives. Light repairs on steam locomotives were usually done in roundhouses at the many small locomotive terminals throughout a railroad's system; heavy repairs were done in a large, centralized repair shop serving the whole system (often referred to as the "Back Shop"). Most of these tools date from the early- to the mid-20th century, roughly 1900-1955.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Railroad
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content: America on the Move
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content: Transportation
label: Exhibition
content: America On The Move
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of National Park Service
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0075.10
label: accession number
content: 2002.0075
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0075.10
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Torch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 16 in x 4 in; 17.78 cm x 40.64 cm x 10.16 cm