LAMP, IGNITION
c. 1918 - 1929Metal upside down cone shaped can with brass spout, wide flat metal circular base held in place with four rivets. Large flat metallic circular handle opposite the spout . Copper name plate on one side. The top of the cone shaped body has a flat curcular o
Oil can was used by the 2nd class Engineer Robert Campbell in the 1920's. The can was used to ignite boilers of steam trains during his time working in the Jarrahdale area for the Western Australian Government Railways.
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This ignition lamp, which includes his name attached by an engraved metal plate is representative of the type of technology used by Western Australian Government Railway employees such as 2nd class engineer robert Campbell to ignite the boilers on steam s