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INDUSTRIAL HEAVY CAST IRON OBSOLETE GLASS LIGHT BULB MOLD STEAMPUNK FACTORY USA
$ 31.67
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Description
This is a large heavy cast iron factory mold for the production of obsolete incandescent light bulbs. It was used in a high volume production glass blowing ribbon mill facility in Wellsboro, Pa.Probably for early Mercury vapor street light lamp.
It has STREET LIGHTING GLOBE 3187 embossed on each half of the mold exterior.
Weighs 11 lbs. Measures 9" x 4" diameter. Actual mold is 8" x 2-3/4" diameter
Many other styles and sizes are listed in my store. I will combine shipping for multiple purchases.
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Osram Sylvania of Wellsboro is the mass producer of incandescent bulb shells, and Christmas ornaments. The light bulb shells are then sent to the St. Mary's, PA branch for the addition of filaments. In 1926, then owned by Corning Glassworks, the first ever Ribbon Machine, created by William Woods, was installed in the Wellsboro Plant. This produced light bulbs at a rate of one million bulbs in 24 hours. This machine is still in use today, and after a few modifications and fine tuning it now produces a record 2000 bulbs a minute! This changed the way the world used lights forever, and in 1983 The Ribbon Machine aka The Corning Machine was added to the International Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmarks List.