Vintage Industrial Medical 1930s Light: Operating Room Wilmot Castle Hospital

Type

Chandeliers & Light fixtures

Age

1900-1940

Original Or Reproduction

Vintage original

Vintage Industrial Medical 1930s Light: Operating Room Wilmot Castle Hospital Working c.1930s Wilmot Castle Ceiling Mount Surgical Lamp #801 with Original Heat Tempered Glass Lens This very rare swivel lamp is in excellent working order and wired with a standard household 110 plug. Originally designed as a ceiling mount, the lamp can sit on any surface as-is. Light dimensions are 23.75 x 16.5 x 11.5” HWD This 1930's interior operating room "castle light" was manufactured by the Wilmot Castle co., rochester, ny. It retains the original heat tempered, tinted glass lens designed to render colors perfectly, control the heat and distribute a deep column of focused light. The swivel and trunnion type adjustable examination lamp is comprised largely of bronze with original nickel-plated finish. The outer housing contains several circular perforations for heat ventilation. Wilmot Castle came to rochester in 1883 and began the manufacture of sheet metal specialties, his business would later become one of the largest manufacturers of sterilizers and bacteriological apparatus. In 1906 he purchased several lots on st. paul street and the rome, watertown & ogdensburg branch of the new york central & hudson river railroad and erected a manufacturing plant. In 1959 the Ritter company acquired the assets of the Wilmot Castle company.