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2. Track lighting - Wikipedia

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   Track lighting is a method of lighting where light fixtures are attached anywhere on a continuous track device which contains electrical conductors. [1][2] This is in contrast to directly routing electrical wiring to individual light positions. Tracks can either be mounted to ceilings or walls, lengthwise down beams, or across rafters or joists ...

3. History of street lighting in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Gas lamps gradually started replacing oil street lamps in the United States, beginning in the first quarter of the 19th century. [3] The first street in the world to be illuminated by gaslight was Pall Mall in London, starting in 1807. [1][5] The first US city to use gas street lights was Baltimore, starting in 1817. [4]

4. Timeline of lighting technology - Wikipedia

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   19th century. 1800–1809 Humphry Davy invents the arc lamp when using Voltaic piles (battery) for his electrolysis experiments. 1802 William Murdoch illuminates the exterior of the Soho Foundry with gas. 1805 Philips and Lee's Cotton Mill, Manchester was the first industrial factory to be fully lit by gas. 1809 Humphry Davy publicly ...

5. Chandelier - Wikipedia

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   A chandelier in Genoa, Italy. A chandelier (/ ˌʃændəˈlɪər /) is an ornamental lighting device, typically with spreading branched supports for multiple lights, designed to be hung from the ceiling. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Chandeliers are often ornate, and they were originally designed to hold candles, but now incandescent light bulbs are commonly used ...

6. Light fixture - Wikipedia

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   Light fixture. A light fixture (US English), light fitting (UK English), or luminaire is an electrical lighting device containing one or more light sources, such as lamps, and all the accessory components required for its operation to provide illumination to the environment. [1] All light fixtures have a fixture body and one or more lamps.

7. Omaha station (Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad)

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   The walls of the depot were built of light gray brick and buff Indiana limestone; the roof was covered in red glazed tile. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer , in discussing the Omaha station in 1889 said, 'Through an inspiration worthy of general imitation, it (The Burlington Railroad) has erected at Omaha a most imposing, most original, and most ...