Message-Id: <A4E03157-F5B7-4173-BFE0-05B2696E770D@charter.net> From: Bob & Emogene Dodsworth <remazo@charter.net> Subject: Street light query Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:24:54 -0500
The Mazomanie Historical Society has a number of old street light
fixtures that we are trying to identify. They were used in the
village and hung over the streets in the commercial district. The
earliest photo that shows one in use dates from around 1900. Can
anyone help us with an identification?
As illustrated in the photo, the fixture has a tapered wooden arm
approximately 2 inches square and 21½ inches long centered above
the
reflector. The flattened conical reflector is 18 inches in diameter
and 3 inches high. The overall height of the fixture excluding the
wire looped hanger, is 7 inches.
They were evidently hung above a street using the electric wire feed
lines and the looped hanger for support. The internal fittings that
held a lamp are brass and labeled General Electric. The lamp was
possibly a bayonet type and has a larger base the the Edison screw
base common in today’s household applications.