 Click thumbnail for a larger image. | Date: 1899 -
Description: Brass gimballed kerosene lamp from the SS Toroa. Brass bracket in shape of stylised oriental fish attached to rounded brass ring which holds lamp and cylinder for kerosene. Glass chimney is missing. Bracket is in two parts. Ring in two parts, two screws attach lamp to ring. The Toroa, a steel steamship built in 1899 was wrecked off Settlement Point on April 11, 1916. Format: realia Object: lamps Material: brass Titles: Toroa Gimballed Light People/Orgs: Toroa (vessel) Places: Settlement Point, Flinders Island, Tasmania Institution: Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc. Object number: FHR_00268 Disclaimer The content of this record is provided by Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc.. For any questions about the content please contact them. |
This site has been produced by LINC Tasmania.
This page was generated at 31 August 2012, 02:55:57 PM.
The URL for this site is http://eheritage.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/
Questions concerning this web site may be directed by email to linc@education.tas.gov.au
The records and images on this web site have been provided by the Tasmanian local history organisations participating
in the eHeritage project. Records and images may not be reproduced without the prior consent of the individuals groups
who provided the record. For contact details for each of the groups click on their institution name in their full record.
You are directed to a disclaimer and copyright notice and a Personal Information Protection statement governing the information provided.
