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Reconstruction, of Thurgar's pioneer street light gas controller

Reconstruction, of Thurgar's pioneer street light gas controller

Example of first Horstmann double-train gas controller for street lights, of about 1904, giving quick action, and fitted with solar dial, with winding key and dust cover

Example of first Horstmann double-train gas controller for street lights

circa 1904

Example of the first "Gunfire" gas controller for street lamps, giving quick action

Example of the first "Gunfire" gas controller for street lamps

patented 1908

Example of Gunning's first gas controller for street lamps, switching "on" and "off", patented 1899

Example of Gunning's first gas controller for street lamps

1899

Example of Gunning's pioneer gas controller for street lamps, turning 'off' only, with cover, by the British, Foreign and Colonial Automatic Light Controlling Company Limited, Bournemouth, England, c. 1897.

Gunning's pioneer gas controller for street lamps

1897

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