WHERE DID STEAMPUNK LAMPS COME FROM? BEFORE THE INVENTION OF THE ELECTRIC LIGHT BULB, STEAM AND NATURAL GAS WERE KING! STEAM WAS THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF POWER THAT RAN THE MACHINERY OF THE INDUSTRIAL THE REVOLUTION AND NATURAL GAS LIT HOMES AND BUSINESSES. ONCE THE ELECTRIC LIGHT BULB CAME TO BE AND THE GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY BECAME COMMON PLACE, THE NEED FOR LIGHTING DEVICES OF ALL TYPES BECAME APPARENT, HOWEVER THE LACK OF PREMADE LAMP PARTS BECAME A MAJOR ISSUE BECAUSE THERE WERE NO FORMAL LAMP PARTS MANUFACTURING COMPANIES AT THE TIME. WHEN THE LACK OF THE LAMP PARTS DOOR OPENED, IN STEPPED THE INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE OF THAT TIME. WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO WAS TO TAKE ALREADY EXISTING STEAM AND GAS PIPES AND CONVERT THEM TO ACCOMMODATE ELECTRICITY. IN WENT LIGHT BULBS, GAS PIPES, STEAM PIPES, WIRE, SWITCHES AND SOME CREATIVE THINKING AND OUT CAME STEAMPUNK LAMPS. STEAMPUNK SKIPPER IS 16″HIGH 9″WIDE, MADE IN NEW JERSEY OF ALL U. APPROVED PARTS, UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A LICENSED ELECTRICIAN. THE STOP VALVE OPERATES AS AN ON/OFF SWITCH GIVING SKIPPER IT’S WOW WEE WOW LOOK. ARE ALSO PART OF THE DEAL. WE HAVE BEEN IN THE LIGHTING BUSINESS FOR 40 IMPECCABLE YEARS. The item “VINTAGE STEAMPUNK INDUSTRIAL MACHINE AGE TABLE LAMP SKIPPER” is in sale since Monday, March 02, 2015. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Lamps, Lighting\Lamps\ Electric\Table Lamps”. The seller is “larrylights0z9j” and is located in South Hackensack, New Jersey. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Russian federation, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Dominican republic, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica.
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States