Railway lamp
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Steel and glass.
Measurements
380 x 150 x 145 mm
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Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 1700986.1
Summary
Railway lamp. A three-aspect warning lamp of square construction with a semi-circular t op piece. There are orange circular glasses to three of the sides, mounted in steel supporting rings. The back of the lamp body is hinged, to provide access to the burner, and on top is a curved carrying handle of flat steel section. The lamp body is of steel, painted yellow, the supporting rings to the glass being white.
Marks and inscriptions
On front top above glass: GREENHAM / MADE IN ENGLAND On body below front glass: BS 3143