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Object Name |
Component, Rail Vehicle |
Title |
Headlight Housing Can and Retainer Ring Assembly |
Date |
ca 1900 |
Description |
Lens housing can and retainer ring assembly for a rail car headlamp. The fresnel lens, catalogued as CP.2005.CL.1-77, is permanently affixed in this housing can. For more information about headlamps and headlamp parts, see 'Electric Railway Dictionary - Definitions and Illustrations of the Parts and Equipment of Electric Railway Cars and Trucks', by Rodney Hitt. Free Google Book at: https://books.google.com/books?id=7z07AAAAMAAJ&pg=PP7&dq=Electric+Railway+Dictionary+by+Rodney+Hitt&hl=en&ppis=_c&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiA3f-O68blAhUSZKwKHWRuDvgQ6AEwAHoECAUQAg#v=onepage&q=Electric%20Railway%20Dictionary%20by%20Rodney%20Hitt&f=false |
Owned By |
Texas Electric Railway |
Used By |
Reflect/Refract Light |
Material |
Steel |
Dimensions |
Dia-13.5 inches |
Collector |
Cook, Hermon C., Sr. |
Search Terms |
Fresnel Lens Gasket Headlamp Parts Housing Can Retainer Ring |
Collection |
Hermon C. Cook Collection |
Catalog Number |
CP.2005.CL.3-78 |