Antique Plume & Atwood Kerosene Oil Lamp Square Tin Base Railroad Lantern

Barn find in Orange County, NC. Primitive dining car or caboose railway lighting lamp. Made in USA on the knob. P&A marking on the round burner.

The faded red paint on the handle bracket would lend itself more towards a caboose. The reflective tin on the back would lend itself more towards a railroad dining car. Perhaps it was used on a caboose, then moved indoors. It would have been resting in a bracket attached to the wall like a sconce. Weighs just shy of three pounds. Base is approx 6" x 5" not including the lip. In 1869, the Chatham Railroad, connecting Chatham County with Raleigh, was completed. At the highest point of the line, which railroad workers dubbed the "apex of the grade", existed a pond.

Trains leaving out of Chatham would stop at the pond to replenish their water. A community began to grow around the stop, which the railroad workers called Apex.

The town of Apex was incorporated in 1873. If there is a difference between the item description and the photos, use the photos to resolve.

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