Lantern Information - Do you know anything about it?

[DianeS]

I found these:

http://ontario.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-art-collectibles-ANTIQUE-LANTERN-W0QQAdIdZ349001149 - the seller is asking for $60

and http://www.canadianfavourites.com/Beacon_GSW_Lantern_Made_in_Canada_Used_p/beacon001.htm - the seller is asking $54.95

and http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-BEACON-Railroad-TRAIN-KEROSENE-Lantern-RUBY-RED-GLOBE-/370578504446?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item5648333afe - the seller is asking $79.99

That doesn't mean it's really worth that much, but maybe something in that ballpark. Hope that helps!

Silly me. The links are fixed now.

 

[Beekissed]

Looks like it might have been a signal lantern used on the railroad?

Scroll down the page a bit and you will see your lantern....

http://www.lanternnet.com/faqs.htm#beacon

 

[Denim Deb]

Not quite the same, but just found this on CL.

http://southjersey.craigslist.org/atq/2823281131.html

 

[Entropy1]

Thanks all.

It's neat to see something that looks interesting to you, buy it, then begin to learn more about it and the company that made it, even other products the comany made.

GSW

http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/companyinformationcanada/ccc-generalsteel.htm


Turns out they even made Beatty Pumpers, wind mill and water pumps.

Entropy

 

[rhoda_bruce]

I work on a bridge. All of our parish bridges have a color over the control panal, to see by. We also have regular lights, but we can't use them when we operating the bridge. It wouldn't be safe. The red or blue allows us to see just enough to write in the boat passing and look at our cables, but still be able to see what is happening outside. We have to be able to see outside for everyone's safety.
I would imagine that if that latern is for a railroad use, the reasons would have been similar. For the same reasons you don't put the lights on inside of your car when you drive. Its more important to see outside than in. Tinted is safer.