Name/Title
Railroad Bridge LanternEntry/Object ID
1997.20.6Tags
BridgeDescription
Railroad lantern with iron frame and grooved red glass lens. Base mounted on shaped and charred piece of wood. wires coming out the bottom. Small door at back of light. Hinged door on pin at top. Inside is an electric light bulb that fits into a white glass socket. Wires go down through the cylindrical stand, which is threaded on each end, and out the bottom. Engraving on base. Red glass. Curved and sit in a semicircular housing, cone-shaped with two pins bolted top and bottom and going vertically in front of gears. Glass is grooved and bulbous in middle. “L2” in raised letters.