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Center Draft Kerosene Lamps
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Photos of restored center draft lamps 

Care, Feeding and Restoration of Center Draft Lamps (and wick installation for many)

Center Draft Lamp manufacturers and brand names

Lamp Chimneys - Dimension of nominal base diameter by make, model and "line".

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Economic Benefits of Kerosene Heaters

Kerosene Heater Safety

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Troubleshooting kerosene heater common problems

Breaking In New Kerosene Appliances

Burning Kerosene Heaters at Night

WATER IN KEROSENE causing "dwindling" and poor performance.

Flame Spreader Heaters and Lamps -
A Century of Excellence

Kerosene Heater Carts -
why carry your heater around?

Kerosene Fuel Primer 

Sweet Smelling Kerosene

Kerosene tank cradles (photo) Building a Cradle

HALLER "ORIGINEEL" STOVES

KEROSENE HEATERS MADE IN THE NETHERLANDS

Beatrice Boiling Stoves & Mini kerosene heaters you can make

Sad Iron stoves; Wicks & Installation instructions

Wicking For Oil Burning "WICKLESS" Stoves & Ranges

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Lamps, Lanterns and Chimneys

(Photos of Center Draft Lamp Flame Spreaders)

Kerosene Lamp Chimneys (on lamps) that I carry in stock

• Miller "0" Chimney, duplicate of the original Macbeth #4,  for Tiny Miller/Juno, Tiny B&H lamps, and other finger lamps.  Tiny Miller, Tiny B&H; Miller Finger lamp; Tiny Miller 0 Table lamp; Tiny Miller Hanging lamp.

• SUCCESS chimney  (on Success Stand Lamp) (full curl flame) - also for B&H No 4 Radiant; L&B Belgian 20```;  Veritas 20''' table lamp, Veritas 20''' Hanging; Hinks 45 CP Annular (Alex's), my Hinks 45 cp Annular (mine).

• 2 1/2" chimney on Belgian 20''' lamp.

• 2 5/8" chimney on Handlan-Buck #30 Caboose lamp.

• 2 5/8" chimney on Rochester #2 lamp.

• IMPERIAL and GLOBE VULCAN CHIMNEY.  Chimney on B&H Imperial fount, lighted, and complete lamp. With the correct flame spreader and chimney, they burn magnificently!  More photos of Imperial burner here.

• BELGIAN 30''' - B&H Radiant #5 - P&A Plumwood - Miller's Dresden, Empress and Liberty 2/0 Chimney - flame at full curl on Belgian - chimney on  Dresden lamp, lighted on Dresden.

• MAMMOTH chimney - B&H #89 - Globe Incandescent #2 burning new chimney - Pittsburgh Mammoth Chimney.

 Kerosene Lamps and Lanterns        

CENTER DRAFT LAMPS, by diameter of wick.  Wicks available on the lamp wick page.  #0C, #0S, #0L, #1B, #1M, #1R, #1S, #2L, #2P&A, #3L

• A collection of large table lamps to show relative size, with wick numbers they require. Left to right: Den Haan 14''' (2 5/8" flat), B&H Trophy (insert fount) (#2L), Hugo Schneider (insert fount) (#2L), New Rochester size 0 pedestal, Veritas duplex (1 1/16"), L&B 14''' pedestal, L&B 20''' (#1S), Hinks 45 cp Annular (#1S), P&A Royal #2P&A), B&H Imperial Banquet (insert) (3 5/8" flat), and Success Stand Lamp #2 (#1S).   From my collection.

• Brass pedestal banquet lamp lineup.  L - R.  Parker, Hinks Annular, Veritas, Young's Court, B&H Imperial.

• Miller hanging lamps for size comparison:  Rochester store lamp, Juno #2 and Tiny Miller. From my collection.

• Finger lamps. A collection. Left to right; Hinks Coronation hand  lamp, P&A Royal #1, Vintner's Lamp, Juno, W&W, two Baby Rochester's, Miller, Rochester.

#OC - Student Lamps

• Heinrichs & Knopp, Dec. 24, 1872

• Manhattan, 1879

• Miller

• W&W Cornucopia

• W&W Harvard

• W&W Double Harvard

• L&B 1875

• Heavy Oil

#0S - Miniature lamps. (3/4" nominal diameter)

• Baby Rochester.  The smallest center draft lamp.  Uses a 1/2" diameter wick, not wick #0.  Baby Rochester compared to a Tiny Juno finger lamp. Baby Rochester parts.  Baby Rochester burner.  Baby Rochester lamps - miniature domed shade and miniature ball shade.  From my collection.

• New Rochester Finger Lamp. These lamps were made in the US but only sold in England.  From my collection.

• Tiny B&H table lamp.  From my collection.

• Junior lamp lineup:  Left to Right.  Center draft Globe Vulcan; Ditmar "Arde"; Jr. Rochester; Tiny Juno; New Rochester Jr.; Tiny Miller; Tiny B&H; Miller Jr. Miller #1 (for size comparison). From my collection.

• Little Prince by Holmes, Booth and Haydens (HBH).  Super rare working pedestal lamp, as many HBH lamps long ago got severe stress cracks. Photographed before restoration.  Owned by Gary & Laura MacPherson, Canada.

• Miller Finger Lamp (Requires wick #0S), owned by Alex Muzyka
  

• Assortment of miniature lamps using wick #0M-S:  From left to right: Rochester mini finger lamp, Plume & Atwood "Little Royal", Bradley & Hubbard finger lamp, Guadard 15''' Matador lamp and cut off a little in the picture, a Plume & Atwood nickel plated "Little Royal" with 6" shade.  Owned by Alex Muzyka.

• "Little Jewel" hanging lamp.  Quite rare.  Completely restored.  Harp made and plated in rose gold by Dave Ward of the Village Lamp Shop.   From my collection.

• Little Royal Finger Lamp - Size 0.

• Little Vulcan. 14'''.  Made in Berlin by Wild & Wessel. Sold by Catterson in London as a Globe Vulcan. Another view of the Little Vulcan "0".  Note that while the wick winder says "Globe Vulcan" it is unlike other Globe Vulcan lamps, uses a Globe Vulcan chimney but has a W&W Agni flame spreader.  These lamps used a wick which was circular but had two long tails - not a standard wick.   From my collection. 

• Tiny lamps - Little Jewel, Tiny Juno Sewing Lamp and Tiny Miller, in front of Success lamp for size comparison.    From my collection.

• More Tiny Lamps:  Left to right, New Rochester finger, Tiny Miller finger, B&H, and Tiny Miller table lamp.        From my collection.

• Tiny Miller lamps:  Hanging lamp (in harp) and table lamp.  Harp made and plated by Dave Ward of the Village Lamp Shop. Dave also cut the shade to match the shape and form of the Dresden. From my collection.

• Miller ''Home" Lamp. From my collection.

#0L

• Ditmar "Arde."   Perhaps the cheapest construction of any of my lamps.  From my collection.
  

#1R - Rayo Jr.

• Rayo Jr: Flame spreader; lamp lighted.     From my collection.

• Rayo Jr.  Lighted.  From my collection.
  

• Junior lamp lineup:  Far left: Rayo Junior;  2nd from left: Miller Juno Junior;  3rd from left: Bradley & Hubbard Junior;  Right: Plume & Atwood Royal finger lamp (As far as I know, the only size #1 finger lamp. Everyone else made only size #0 finger lamps).  Owned and photographed by Alex Muzyka.
  

• Lempereur & Bernard (L&B) Brevette lamp, unlighted, lighted.  Owned by Alex Muzyka.
  

#1M

• Miller's Vestal with #1 Miller burner: burning one of my new #1M wicks, next to 1901 Perfection lamp for size comparison. From my collection. 

• Magnificent Miller 1 trophy style lamp.  Note double handles and very rare cast foot. Owned and photographed by Eugene Schulte.

• Royal #1 Finger Lamp.   Owned by Alex Muzyka.

• P&A Royal #1 Finger Lamp, second from left, shown for size comparison with other finger lamps.  From my collection.

#1S - Success Lamp Wicks (1 1/4" nominal diameter)  (New, super quality chimneys for these lamps.)

• Success Stand Lamp #2.  Success lamp burning brightly with one of my new wicks. From my collection.

• Young's "Court 20''' "Central Draught" unlighted, lighted with shade.  The Young's lamp used gear wheels to move the wick.  The thickness and weave of the wick is absolutely critical to proper function.  From my collection.

• 18''' Gebrudder Brunner. Flame.  Wick knob.  It is an Austrian made burner very similar to the Ditmar Sonnenbrenner. They were both probably made by the same company. The Gebrudder Brunner and Sonnenbrenner both use a carrier wick and a small piece of Success wick as the burn wick, When the burn wick gets burnt up, you simply replace a small piece because the carrier wick is still there. It is an interesting and unusual design. Owned and photographed by Alex Muzyka.

#1B - Belgian 20, Hinks and Veritas 20''', Radiant #4.

• Dresden #1, by Miller.

• Hinks 45 cp table lamp. Lift gallery.  18" tall, over 5 pounds without chimney or shade.  From my collection.

• Hinks Annular 45 cp, lighted, with shade.  From my collection.
  

• Veritas 20''' table lamp, and Veritas 20''' lamp with drop-in font.  Owned by Alex Muzyka.

• Veritas 20''' Hanging Lamp.    From my collection.

• Unknown lamp very similar to a Success Stand Lamp, maker unknown.  Owned by Alex Muzyka.

• Lempereur & Bernard (L&B) Brevette 20'',  burning, with my new chimney.  From my collection.

• L&B Brevette 20''', embossed.  From my collection.

• L&B Belgian, made for a US railroad.  Unfortunately electrocuted, but repairable.  From my collection.

• L&B Belgian, 1883 on fill cap, fount and flame spreader.  The earliest I have seen.  Pre-dates the Leonard Henkle patent of Jan. 15, 1884, the first American flame spreader and marketed by Rochester.  Owned and photgraphed by P.C. Brickell of Toronto.

• Hinks Annular 45 cp, Magnificent lamp owned by Alex Muzyka.

• Miller Dresden #1.

• Miller LIberty #1

• Messenger's 54 CP Annular, and lighted.  From England.   Owned by Alex Muzyka.

• Bradley & Hubbard Radiant #4. A very rare early model Radiant #4 with a button flame spreader.  The Radiant #4 and Success burners were close copies of the L & B 20'''.  Full profile.  From my collection.

• B&H Radiant #4 "Trophy" lamp with 14" ruby shade.      From my collection.

• B&H Radiant #4 Table Lamp.  From my collection.

• 18''' central draft Vulcan (wick in Vulcan wick sleeve)

• Royal Finger Lamp.   Size 1.  Owned by Alex Muzyka.

#2L - Rayo - 1 1/2" nominal diameter wick

• B & H and P & A "Trophy" lamps - among the finest lamps ever made.  From my collection. 

• Hugo Schneider, Leipzig, Germany.  Assembled, disassembled.  From my collection. 

• B&H and Juno (Miller) #2 size hanging lamps.  From my collection.

•    Size comparison, #3L Rochester store lamp and #2L B&H hanging lamp.

• KYSO lamp. Perfection compared to KYSO. KYSO burner profile; burner threads; flame spreader top; flame spreader profile; fuel cap. Note the eliptical shape of the font and the burner threads, fuel cap, etc are all larger than the Rayo. The KYSO was made for Standard Oil of Kentuky by E.M. Miller. KYSO lamps apparently were sold by service stations in Kentucky in the 1920's. Lamp owned by and photos generously provided by Will Newman.

• Perfection lamp, 1905. Center of back row.  This lamp became the "Rayo."  From my collection. 

• New Rochester #2,  owned and beautifully restored by Gary & Laura MacPherson, Canada

• NEW Juno #2 burning with my new wick and borosilicate chimney.  Owned by Alex Muzyka.

• NEW Juno #2, patent date 1895, owned by Chip Delyria

• New Juno #2, another one. Note quick shutoff lever unique to New Juno.

• New Juno #2 burning with my new wick and borosilicate chimney.   From my collection.  1898 - 1903.

• Miller Vestal on left. Note wick knob is on the burner, same as the Rayo on the right. Made from 1903 until the 1940's.

• Miller #2 size hanging or bracket lamp.

• Rayo burning with my new wick and borosilicate chimney. Above 3 Sept. 3, 2010.  Owned by Alex Muzyka.

• Rayo Trophy, 1905.  Unrestored.  From my collection.

• Rochester Trophy, (with shade), 1886, with my new wick and borosilicate chimney.  From my collection.

#2P&A - Plume and Atwood, Royal.

• Handlan #30 Caboose lamps, one restored and working.    From my collection.

• P&A Royal Stand Lamp #2. The same type of burner as the Handlan lamp. The wick raiser cage is part of the burner, as in the Handlan.    Restored by Alex Muzyka, replated by Dave Ward.  From my collection.

• P&A Royal Stand Lamp.  With frosted shade, far left back row.  From my collection.

• P&A Royal Banquet Lamp.    From my collection.

• P&A Royal GWTW lamp, 1897.   From my collection. Restored by Dave & Marsha Ward.

• P&A Royal GWTW lamp unlighted, lighted, 1895-1897, owned and restored by Kathryn Martinsen .

#2B  1 1/2" Slightly thicker and 1 1/4" longer than the Rayo wick above, for Beatrice 4012. B&H Radiant #5; Miller Liberty, Empress, Dresden, Miller 2/0. These fit a Belgian 30''' lamp perfectly  (New, super quality chimneys for these lamps.)

• Belgian 30'''.   Unlighted.  Large fount, often used as a parlor heater.  From my collection.

• German "Intensiv Blitz Lampe", made by Bunt & Remmler in Frankfurt.  Lamp unlighted, lamp lighted, and wick knob.  Note the very unusual flared chimney.  This is a  hanging lamp set in a basket stand for photography. As with my B&H Imperial lamp, according to all reference material available this lamp does not exist - yet Alex Muzyka has one!  These are the first recorded photographs of this exceedingly rare lamp.  Thanks, Alex!

• Hinks 30''' .  Note the magnificent base!   Owned by Alex Muzyka.

• Hinks 20''' and 30''' compared.  The founts have the same "look," but note the sizes.  Owned by Alex Muzyka.

• Miller Dresden.  Dresden in harp beside Tiny Miller.  From my collection.

• Miller Liberty 2/0.  Owned by Dick Stauffer.

• Hanging lamps:  Middle row:  P&A Plumwood; B&H Radiant #5; Miller Dresden.  From my collection.

• Sherwood's English Sun lamp, and lighted.  "It is one of the largest 30''' lamps that I have seen so far. It uses an odd 3 1/2" chimney with a large tapered onion bulge."  Alex Muzyka.   This is a German lamp, most likely Hugo Schneider, imported and sold by Sherwood in England.  Lamp owned and restored by Alex Muzyka.

• Veritas 30'''.  Small fount bracket lamp. Flame spreader. Knob.  Wick assembly.  From my collection.

#3L - "Store" lamps, 2 9/16" nominal diameter wick.  (New, super quality chimneys for Mammoth lamps.)

• Banner #3, owned by J. Woomer.  Banner helper wicks.

• B & H Model 89 lamp, and unlit.  Owned by Alex Muzyka.

• B & H Model 89, with my borosilicate chimney, overhead showing flame spreader. #89 Flame Spreader profile, top view. After replating by Dave Ward and featured on his website.  From my collection.

•  Juno #3 store lamp, similar to the Rochester #3 store lamp.   Owned by Alex Muzyka.
  

• Miller #3 with rare cast foot.

• Parker Store Lamp, owned by J. Woomer.

• Pittsburgh Mammoth, flame spreader,  Patent #432,311 dated July 15, 1890.

• Plumewood #3 by P&A.

• Rochester Tavern or Store Lamp, uses a wick #3L. This magnificent lamp is owned and was photographed by David W. in Florida. Photo of measuring lamp central air pillar.

• Rochester Store lamp.  Photo of Rochester next to a B&H #89 for comparison.  Another comparison:  First Model (1886) Rochester with top lift rod; 2nd Model Rochester (1887) with bottom pull rod. Note that these lamps are identical except for the lift rod: same burner, flame spreader and embossing pattern.  Photo of 2nd Model Rochester Store lamp lighted, with my store lamp chimney.  From my collection. 

• Store Lamp, Globe Incandescent No 2. Flame spreader indicia.  Made by The Standard Lighting Co., Cleveland, O.  U.S.A.   With chimney (!), courtesy of Alex Muzyka. From my collection. 
  Globe Incandescent No. 2, Photo courtesy of Dick Stauffer.  Note unusual wasp-waist chimney!

OTHER LAMPS AND LANTERNS

Center Draft:

• ABC #19 Kerosene Lamp.  Top view, wick and burner. This lamp appears to have been made by HASAG for sale in the US just prior to WW II.  It is a 14''' Matador center draft, using a 1 1/2" (measured flat) tubular wick.  The font is steel, not brass.  From my collection.  
  I make custom wicks for this lamp and many others.

• Argand Lamp, heavy oil. Owned by Alex Muzyka.

• Little Prince

• Hipwell

• M&W

• Meriden

• Meriden-Britannia

• Messenger

• Mini-Vulcan

• Sebastianbrenner.   Owned by Alex Muzyka.

• Sherwood lamp.  Another photo.  Owned by Alex Muzyka.

• Jumbo.  Owned by Alex Muzyka.

• Veritas "The Reader"  after restoration and replating. As received. Owned by Peter Brickell.

KOSMOS Type LAMPS:  Illustrated on the Kosmos-Brenner page.

• B&H Imperial.  "Pat. 19 Aug 1884."  Very rare B&H Kosmos lamp.    From my collection.

•     B&H Imperial Burner:  Wick knob.  Profile.  Bottom.  View from top, burner installed on fount.

• Den Haan table lamp.  A classic Kosmos-Brenner burner with a weighted base.  Mine.

• French Garden Lamp.  8''' Wild & Wessel burner, so this lamp dates from 1890 to 1903, most likely.  Lamp restored;  parts as received, parts after citric acid bath, parts after polishing.

• Imperial, glass fount.

• Kosmos-Brenner lamp collection, 6''', 10''' and 14''' all burning together.  Owned by Alex Muzyka.

• Kosmos Concierge lamp with #15 burner unit.  From my collection.

• Lempereur & Bernard (L&B) 14''' Matador lamp with flat flame spreader.  Unlit, lighted, detail of flame shape.  Owned by Alex Muzyka.

• Lempereur & Bernard (L&B) 14''' pedestal lamp. Rare.  From my collection.

• "Sebastianbrenner" burner made by Schwintzer & Gr�ff in Berlin on a L&B fount.   Alex Muzyka

• Metal font lamp with #6 Kosmos-Brenner burner.

• Veritas with Ideal-Brenner 20''' burner.  Lighted, my Success chimney, burning a 3 5/8" wick.
  

• Aladdin mantle lantern - modern

• Aladdin mantle lantern made in Chicago in 1903.  Three color brass construction.  It is shown with a special electrical adaptor made to fit the draft tube.  The wick is in place, so the cord and socket can be pulled, a mantle and chimney installed, and it is again a working Aladdin lamp.  This is my working desk lamp.

• Bicycle lamp, "Solar," side view, back, top, kerosene font removed, lighted, red side fresnel. The Badger Brass Mfg Co, Kenosha, Wis.;   
  From my collection.

• Boat Signal Lamp. front, opened, side view, Light output.

• British Duplex lamp, circa 1900.  Burners lighted with my new wicks, knobs.  From my collection.

• Veritas British Duplex lamp.  From my collection.

• Butterfly 828R pressure lantern (same as Petromax)  From my collection.

• Carriage lamp, front view, back view with font removed; J & R Oldfield, Birmingham.   From my collection.
  

• Coleman pressure lanterns (compared with Butterfly 828R) From my collection.
  

• Czech wall lamp  (low fuel consumption, excellent area light)  From my collection.

• Dietz Monarch, a classic barn lamp made from 1885 until about 1952 in Syracuse, NY.  This one was built in the late 1930's, and has an unusual red glass chimney.  From my collection.

• Dressel railroad lamp.  Arlington, NJ;  N.Y.C.S. railroad.   From my collection.

• Hinks Duplex. Photo 2. Owned by Alex Muzyka.

• Lampe Pigeon, and with font removed.  French vintner's lamp.  Patent 1885.  From my collection.
  

• Mason Jar lamp  (#2 burner on a mason jar adapter)  The lamp is sitting on my pre-Vatican I (1882) tabernacle.  From my collection.

• Metal font porch lamp. (Sorry, but I had an excess of maroon paint.)
  

• Collection of lanterns and lamps   Part of my collection.

• British Oldfield carriage lamp, and with font removed, 1913.  From my collection.

• Moderator Isometric

• P&A Risdon table lamp    From my collection.

• P&A Risdon Dresser lamp, sterling silver.   From my collection.

• P&A Risdon warehouse lamp   From my collection.

• P & A Risdon gimbal mounted wall lamp, circa 1890, on the wall behind my recliner.

Lamp Patents

• Hebman_Fbasch_patent_1886.pdf

• Hoerle 1890

• Lempereur & Bernard 1885

• Rhind 1889

• Wild (Emil Wild) 1884

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