Lighting the Forts

Military Lamps used in the Victorian Forts

Special Military lamps in use during the Victorian period to light the forts were mainly those for lighting magazines and associated rooms.

 

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Aldershot Pattern Exterior lamp	Aldershot Pattern Interior Lamp	Bermuda Pattern lamp	Magazine Hand Lamp (Bulls Eye)
Both Ways (Partition) Lamp	Signalling Lamp	Signalling Lamp	Tremletts Lamp (Replica)
Fighting Lantern Pattern II	Fighting Lantern Pattern II	Wall (Partititon) Lamp	Wall (Passage) Lamp
Overhead Lamp

 

Lamps for lighting barrack rooms and passages consisted of standard wall lamps, overhead Aldershot pattern lamps and various common domestic lamps.