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2. Lamplighter - Wikipedia

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   A lamplighter or gaslighter is a person employed to light and maintain street lights. These included candles, oil lamps, and gas lighting. Public street lighting was developed in the 16th century. [1] During this time, lamplighters toured public streets at dusk, lighting outdoor fixtures by means of a wick on a long pole. [2]

3. Gas lighting - Wikipedia

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   A sole, token gas lamp is located at N. Holliday Street and E. Baltimore Street as a monument to the first gas lamp in America, erected at that location. However, gas lighting of streets has not disappeared completely from some cities, and the few municipalities that retained gas lighting now find that it provides a pleasing nostalgic effect.

4. Street light - Wikipedia

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   In 1798, he used gas to light the main building of the Soho Foundry and in 1802 lit the outside in a public display of gas lighting, the lights astonishing the local population. Streetlights from an 1871 catalog. The first public street lighting with gas was demonstrated in Pall Mall, London on 4 June 1807 by Frederick Albert Winsor. [16]

5. Gas mantle - Wikipedia

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   A Coleman white gas lantern mantle glowing at full brightness. An incandescent gas mantle, gas mantle or Welsbach mantle is a device for generating incandescent bright white light when heated by a flame. The name refers to its original heat source in gas lights which illuminated the streets of Europe and North America in the late 19th century.

6. Light fixture - Wikipedia

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   A decorative outdoor lamp at Leeds Town Hall A garden solar lamp is an example of landscape lighting. Outdoor lighting and landscape lighting – used to illuminate walkways, parking lots, roadways, building exteriors and architectural details, gardens, and parks. Outdoor light fixtures can also include forms similar to indoor lighting, such as ...

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