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Should you have "first hand" information that should be included here, including additional information, and information to the contrary, you are welcomed to e-mail it to us. Kirkman project, and as such, is by no means complete. Please keep in mind that this is an ongoing W.T. The information contained herein has been gathered with the utmost care from product catalogs, advertisements, actual specimens, etc., however, no guarantee is made or implied as to the accuracy or completeness. It is the purview of this compendium to focus only on their kerosene, signal oil, and acetylene powered products. Dietz Company manufactured hundreds of lantern models, and pioneered the automotive lighting industry. The following decade Robert sold his interest in "Dietz & Company" to begin manufacturing "Irwin Patent" tubular lanterns after buying the defunct Archer and Pancoast Company from a receiver in 1868. Robert and his brother Michael patented the first practical flat wick burner especially designed for the then new fuel oil, kerosene, in 1859. Kirkman Lanterns.Robert Edwin Dietz first began selling whale oil and camphene lamps and lanterns in 1840 at the age of 22.
Information provided is altered from W.T. The red globe of this lantern would have been used to signal stop or danger. This lantern is a variation of the original Little Giant and lasted only a short time before the rebranding of the model into the Little Wizard. The Little Giant is most often stamped with the company who purchased it to deter theft, it was used in similar fashion to the Dietz 8-day lantern by traffic and construction companies on barricades. The Little Giant features a larger fuel tank and alternative wicks (the area that holds the flame of the lantern). The Dietz Little Giant is an alternative form of the Dietz Little Wizard.
The globe of this lantern is a LOC-NOB, LOC-NOB refers to the pair of ears on a Dietz lantern globe used to keep the globe from falling out when tilting the globe plate for lighting or trimming the wick. After the Dietz factory was moved to Hong Kong in 1956 the Little Giant would be rebranded as the No. The Little Giant could keep a constant flame for around 70 hours making it a good signaling lantern for use throughout the week. Photographs, artifact research, and metadata conducted by Jacob Matthew Bush and Christian Wright.ĭietz Little Giant Lantern, circa. The museum features artifacts relating to the history of the six railroads that traversed the Rowan County area, the Rowan County War, and the agricultural history of Kentucky. The building remained unused until it was renovated in 2014 and officially recognized by the National Register of Historic Places in 2016, leading to the formation of the museum later that year. Ownership of the depot changed hands with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company in 1892 and operated until the late 1960’s. The museum resides in a converted Passenger Depot which was built in 1881 by the Elizabethtown, Lexington, and Big Sandy Railroad Company. The Morehead History & Railroad Museum is a public institution formed in 2016. His collection of railroad and signal lanterns was donated to the Morehead Railroad & Historical Museum as a memorial to his memory by his wife Angie Holbrook in 2020. His life was lost in a tragic motorcycle accident on May 31, 2019. He resided and worked in Banner, Kentucky as a physician's assistant employed at the Eula Hall Health Center for over 30 years. The collection of lanterns was acquired by Robin Dale Holbrook, a Kentucky native born in Salyersville on February 6, 1961. The Morehead History & Railroad Museum Lantern Collection consists of railroad signal lanterns and lamps from the permanent collection of the Morehead History & Railroad Museum in Morehead, Kentucky.
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