Lamp burner
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Steel, copper, brass and cloth.
Measurements
155 x 265 x 120 mm
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Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 1700746.2
Summary
Lamp burner. A burner for a locomotive oil lamp for fitting above the smokebox on one of the Hunslet locomotives used on the Penrhyn Railway between the quarries and the port. The wick is carried in a brass holder screwed into a spigot on the reservoir. The reservoir is of welded steel in U-form mounted on a steel base. A screwed brass plug for filling and a looped steel handle for removing the burner from the lamp are fitted. The base and reservoir are painted green.