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Chalwyn Road Lantern. This is what they used back in the day to mark out where the road works were, and it was the job of the night watchman to see that they were kept burning. Keywords: Lanterns

Chalwyn Road Lantern.

This is what they used back in the day to mark out where the road works were, and it was the job of the night watchman to see that they were kept burning.

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Lamp/Fixture Information
Manufacturer:Chalwyn
Model Reference:Road Lantern
Lamp
Lamp Type:Oily Lamp
Filament/Radiator Type:Flat cotton wick
Service Life:Indefinite
Fixture
Location:Personal collection
Optical
Lumen Output:Variable
Physical/Production
Factory Location:Poole, England
Fabrication Date:Latter half of the twentieth century.
Application/Use:Warning where road works or other hazards are.
File information
Filename:Chalwyn_road_lantern.jpg
Album name:Sammi / Oily Lampses and Torches
Keywords:Lanterns
Filesize:703 KiB
Date added:Jul 29, 2024
Dimensions:3020 x 1980 pixels
Displayed:7 times
Software:Shotwell 0.32.2
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Ria   [Jul 29, 2024 at 11:36 PM]
Similar lanterns with red lenses were (and probably still are, in some places) used on the railways as a tail lamp, to show the signalmen that the train was complete and hadn't lost some wagons/carriages somewhere, which was a common occurrence in the early days of railways Confused
Sammi   [Jul 30, 2024 at 10:25 AM]
Probably not oil fired though these days...

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