[caption id="attachment_166" align="aligncenter" width="1024" caption="ORIGINAL VINTAGE BENJAMIN ELECTRIC FLAT CONE REFLECTOR BARN LIGHT"]
"UNDERNEATH SIDE OF BENJAMIN FLAT CONE REFLECTOR"]
RESCUED FROM A BARN IN OHIO......SHOWN IS AN EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE AN ORIGINAL GOOSENECK BARN LIGHT. IT DATES BACK 80 YEARS!.....BUT YOU WOULD NEVER GUESS IT. MANUFACTURED BY THE BENJAMIN ELECTRIC COMPANY AS A FLAT CONE REFLECTOR...THESE WERE FOUND USED IN LUMBER YARDS, STREET LIGHTING AND ON BARNS AND SHEDS, FOR AREAS IN NEED OF BROAD EXPANSIVE ILLUMINATION. LOOK CLOSELY AT THE BOTTOM EDGE PROFILE AND YOU CAN SEE THE SLOPING CREATES A PERPETUAL LINE OF ILLUMINATION. ON THE INSIDE YOU CAN SEE THE ORIGINAL PORCELAIN SOCKET, AS WELL AS THE CONDITION OF THE UNDERSIDE OF THIS SHADE!....AMAZING!...THE GOOSENECK ARM IS GALVANIZED AS WELL AS TREATED AGAINST CORROSION. IT IS WIRED TO MEET CODES FOR WET INSTALLATIONS. BECAUSE OF THE HEIGHT OF THE CONE AND THE PLACEMENT OF THE SOCKET...A STANDARD LENGTH BULB WILL NOT BE EXPOSED....USING A LONGER LENGTH BULB IT MAY BE. THIS LIGHT FIXTURE ALONG WITH MY COLLECTION OF 150+ VINTAGE BARN LIGHTS CAN BE FOUND BY VISITING MY WEBSITE
http://www.vintagebarnlights.com
"UNDERNEATH SIDE OF BENJAMIN FLAT CONE REFLECTOR"]
RESCUED FROM A BARN IN OHIO......SHOWN IS AN EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE AN ORIGINAL GOOSENECK BARN LIGHT. IT DATES BACK 80 YEARS!.....BUT YOU WOULD NEVER GUESS IT. MANUFACTURED BY THE BENJAMIN ELECTRIC COMPANY AS A FLAT CONE REFLECTOR...THESE WERE FOUND USED IN LUMBER YARDS, STREET LIGHTING AND ON BARNS AND SHEDS, FOR AREAS IN NEED OF BROAD EXPANSIVE ILLUMINATION. LOOK CLOSELY AT THE BOTTOM EDGE PROFILE AND YOU CAN SEE THE SLOPING CREATES A PERPETUAL LINE OF ILLUMINATION. ON THE INSIDE YOU CAN SEE THE ORIGINAL PORCELAIN SOCKET, AS WELL AS THE CONDITION OF THE UNDERSIDE OF THIS SHADE!....AMAZING!...THE GOOSENECK ARM IS GALVANIZED AS WELL AS TREATED AGAINST CORROSION. IT IS WIRED TO MEET CODES FOR WET INSTALLATIONS. BECAUSE OF THE HEIGHT OF THE CONE AND THE PLACEMENT OF THE SOCKET...A STANDARD LENGTH BULB WILL NOT BE EXPOSED....USING A LONGER LENGTH BULB IT MAY BE. THIS LIGHT FIXTURE ALONG WITH MY COLLECTION OF 150+ VINTAGE BARN LIGHTS CAN BE FOUND BY VISITING MY WEBSITE http://www.vintagebarnlights.com
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