General Electric Novalux form 6 street luminaire

Description

Streetlighting has accompanied city dwellers from the moment when electricity was used for lighting. The luminaire presented here was made by the GE Company, established in 1890 by the inventor and designer Thomas Alva Edison. From the very beginning of its operation, GE has been in the business of a broad range of applications of electricity in daily life and industry. The interesting features of this model that contributed to its popularity, are: a modular design allowing the device to be adapted to the specific conditions of where it is installed; lenses improving light dispersion; an autotransformer that, if the lightbulb fails, protects other luminaires on the same circuit from voltage surges that would result in them burning or being damaged; the possibility of adjusting its position, which allowed different types of light bulbs to be used. Manufacturer: General Electric Company, 1915-1920 Inv. No.: MIM2236/IV-327 Model prepared on the basis of photogrammetric measurements. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA