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Busselton Historical Society > Records

Wells single torch lamp

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1900

Overview

WELLS Single Torch Lamp. Manufactured by Henry Wallwork & Co Ironfounders, Manchester, England.
Used in Mining (not coal) and also used by British Railways as fog lamps.

Historical information

Made by A. C. Wells & Co. of Manchester, England (Arthur Collings Wells (A. C. Wells) founded the company in 1879 in Manchester, England. The company consisted of the Wells Mechanics Shop and the Wells Unbreakable Pulley Works. During the period of 1883 to 1900, the company applied for numerous patents dealing with industrial and domestic lighting systems and used these patents to produce a wide variety of oil lamps. It is thought the cast iron lamps were manufactured for Wells by the firm Ironfounders Henry Wallwork & Co. also in Manchester while Wells' Co. handled the sales and marketing of the lamps out of offices in both Manchester and London. A characteristic of all Wells' lamps is that the name in bold lettering is cast into the body of the lamp. The Wells Co. went out of business in the late 1930s.
http://www.halslamppost.com/Miscellaneous%20Lamps/slides/Wells%20No.%205A%20Single%20Torch%20RSide.html

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-124-2020.285

Item type

Material

Width

160 mm

Height or length

111 mm

Depth

85 mm

Themes

Inscriptions and markings

PATENT WELLS SINGLE TORCH LAMP, A.C. WELLS & CO. NO. on one side and STRENGTH DURABILITY TRADE MARK on other. Threaded hook filling top.

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Year

1900

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Parent records

ROOM 1.17 Early Settlers Lifestyle

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