Victorian Gas Street Lamps

When i was a child in the early 1900s the streets were lit by gas street lamps.

Victorian gas street lamps.

A superior collection of cast iron victorian lamp posts manufactured by english lamp posts a third generation family business based in the black country west midlands. We have a selection of reclaimed original victorian cast iron lamp posts and poles which are ideal to use for driveways. The use of electricity for the purpose of lighting truly began with a british engineer named frederick hale holmes who in 1846 patented an electric arc lamp and with michael faraday pioneered the electrical illumination of lighthouses in the 1850s and 60s. By the early 1800s gas street lights were becoming common in most major cities and the installation of gas lighting systems was well underway.

Early lamp posts were initially powered by gas without an automatic ignition switch they required a naked flame for ignition. Vintage revo swan neck street light lamp post lantern cast iron. Every evening the lamplighter used to come along on his bicycle to light the street lamps carrying his ladder on his shoulder. As a staple feature on many of our reproduction garden lamp post like our kensington garden lamp post and our replica victorian street lights.

If you re searching for a traditional piece of authentic quality victorian garden lighting our lamp posts are perfect built to give years of trusty and. Very late in the 19th century and early in the 20th century electricity gradually replaced gas as the source of lighting with the interesting period of dual fuel fixtures that could use either gas or electricity over a period of about 20 years as. Vintage electric street light lovely casting good condition. 60cm black vintage victorian garden street post lantern lamp top glass light.

Many victorian gas lanterns are still used but their gas mantels have now been replaced and converted to use electricity. In the 19th century gas stage lighting went from a crude experiment to the most popular way of lighting theatrical stages. Facilities on victorian estates. In 1804 frederick albert winsor first demonstrated the way to use gas to light the stage in london at the lyceum theatre although the demonstration and all the lead research were being done in london in 1816 at the chestnut street theatre in philadelphia was the.

The antique street lighting and lanterns can be viewed at our reclamation yard in cannock wood and are available to purchase online. Gas lights and the lamplighters of london are for many of us synonymous with the swirling fogs of the victorian city and the soft green lights emanating from the gloom.