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Warning Lamp, Appletons Patent Railway, circa 1900

Appletons Patent Railway Warning Lamp

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Historical information

Appletons Patent Railway Warning Lamp with Sherwood Style burner

Used by Gangers during track work at night

Appletons was an early pioneer of railway lamp signal lamp Alfred Edward Appleton invented and patented the Spinner Railway signal lamp in England in 1897.
Appleton lamps were patented and manufactured by Alfred Edward Appleton at a factory in Sherwood during the early 1920's to late 50's and widely used throughout Queensland Railways.
Alfred Edward Appleton's father was a railway pointsman and porter on the Great Western Railway in Tewkesbury England

Significance

Historic - Early Hand signalling Lantern

Physical description

Appletons Patent Railway Warning Lamp
made of tin & metal and glass

Inscriptions & markings

Appletons Patent

Subjects

References

Appleton Hand signaling-lamp. Patent No. US679663A Appleton Hand signalling lamp. Patent No. US679663A
New South Wales Letters Patent - Improvements in or relating to hand laterns specially applicable for signalling - Specification by Alfred Edward Appleton New South Wales Letters Patent - Improvements in or relating to hand laterns specially applicable for signalling - Specification by Alfred Edward Appleton

Identifier

000216

Date made

circa 1900

Place made

Tewkesbury, Gloucester, England

Materials

glass, tin, Metal

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Accessed 22 November 2024

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