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Lightship multiple wick oil burner
A Douglass twin wick burner and metal parabolic reflector.
Burners of this type were installed in light vessels as the main light source from about 1887 until about 1900, and they were still in use until recent times as a standby light should the main light fail.
Sir James Douglass (1826-1898) was Chief Engineer to Trinity House from 1863 until 1893, and was responsible for many improvements in lighthouses and lightship lights.
Burners of this type were installed in light vessels as the main light source from about 1887 until about 1900, and they were still in use until recent times as a standby light should the main light fail.
Sir James Douglass (1826-1898) was Chief Engineer to Trinity House from 1863 until 1893, and was responsible for many improvements in lighthouses and lightship lights.
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Object Details
| ID: | NAV0942 |
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| Type: | Lightship multiple wick oil burner |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Douglass, James |
| Date made: | circa 1887 |
| Exhibition: | Guiding Lights |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 660 mm x 535 mm x 290 mm |
| Parts: | Lightship multiple wick oil burner |