USED
Vintage (1940s) "Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad" (D&RGW) Railroad Oil Lantern (w/Wick and Clear Globe), by Dressel
- Packaging Condition: NO original packaging OR literature (will be secure)
- Date of Manufacture undetermined (circa 1940s, Arlington, NJ, USA)
- UNTESTED
- Dimensions: 7" (diameter) x 9.25" (H) without bail (14.625" tall w/handle)
- Featuring clear glass globe (w/NO chips, cracks, OR glass stamp), and wick still intact (see pics)
- The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW) was an American Class I railroad company. The railroad started as a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge line running south from Denver, Colorado, in 1870. It served mainly as a transcontinental bridge line between Denver and Ogden, Utah. The Rio Grande was also a major origin of coal and mineral traffic. The D&RGW operated the highest mainline rail line in the United States, over the 10,240 feet (3,120 m) Tennessee Pass in Colorado, and the famed routes through the Moffat Tunnel and the Royal Gorge. At its height, in 1889, the D&RGW had the largest narrow-gauge railroad network in North America with 1,861 miles (2,995 km) of track interconnecting the states of Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. Known for its independence, the D&RGW operated the Rio Grande Zephyr until its discontinuation in 1983. This was the last private intercity passenger train in the United States until Brightline began service in Florida in 2018.
- Started in the 1880s, the Dressel Railway Lamp Works is most well known for producing railroad lamps, but also produced a number of lanterns under its name. Dressel was bought in the 1920s by the F.H. Lovell Company, which was later bought by Adams and Westlake in the 1960s. With Dressel’s primary focus on the railroad lamp market most of their lanterns were subcontracted to other firms who produced lanterns with the Dressel name. The company was active during the period of popular tall lantern use, from the 1870s to World War I. Some of the companies who did subcontract work for Dressel include Dietz and C.T. Ham so Dressel stamped lanterns often are almost identical to Dietz tall-globe or Vesta models, or C.T. Ham models.
- This unit was not cleaned, in order to preserve the integrity of the antique look (w/stains, dirt, and scuffs) - see pics
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- Shipment(s) sent out of Lemon Grove, California, USA
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