1917 - 1925 IRT LoV New York Subway Car Exterior Door Guard Light Manhattan for Sale

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1917 - 1925 IRT LoV New York Subway Car Exterior Door Guard Light Manhattan For Sale

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1917 - 1925 IRT LoV New York Subway Car Exterior Door Guard Light Manhattan:
$175.00

This sale is fora exterior door guard light from a IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit) LoV class subway car.

This item came from the LoV cars of the IRT subway, which were built in many waves by a few different builders (American Car & Foundry & Pullman- between 1915 and 1938. The last of them were retired and scrapped in the 1970s. A few still exist as part of museum collections, including the New York City Transit Museum and the Shore Line Trolley Museum in East Haven, CT.

This item is 2 3/8 inches wide by 6 1/4 inches long and 5 1/2 inches tall.

The guard light has 2 red lenses.

The guard light would be mounted on the outside of the car by the center doors. If a door was open, or not locked, the red light would come on.

Top part is steel. Bottom part is mostly brass.

This guard light was bead blasted & repainted. Some scratches, metal pitting in the top of the cover, etc.

Bottom part is brass. The top part is metal painted a brass color.

There is NO interior fixtures or sockets.

Please see the photos for condition.

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Item shipped via USPS Priority Mail within the United States. Please check out our other sales for great subway items, like DVDs and other subway signs. Thanks for looking and good luck!