iron lantern

collocation in English

meaningsofironandlantern

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iron
noun
uk
/aɪən/us
/aɪrn/
a chemical element that is a common greyish-coloured metal. It is strong, used in making steel, and exists in very small amounts ...
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lantern
noun[C]
uk
/ˈlæn.tən/us
/ˈlæn.tɚn/
a light inside a container that has a handle for holding it or hanging it up, or the ...
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(Definition ofironandlanternfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The gallery was surrounded with an iron safety railing and capped with a prefabricated octagonal castironlantern.
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A square, watchroom sits on the top of the lighthouse, topped with an octagonal castironlanternwith a red roof.
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The first tower was a shingled wooden structure with anironlanternand copper roof.
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Its tower is open for visitors to climb into the castironlanternroom at the top of a cast iron spiral staircase.
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These open coal fire lights were difficult to maintain and were soon replaced by a single oil powered light within a castironlantern.
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By 1977, the castironlanternhad deteriorated beyond repair and was removed.
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The lighthouse is made of sandstone and topped by a concrete gallery and a castironlantern.
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At the top a round cast-iron watch room supports a ten-sided, castironlantern.
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During its first winter the lead roof was blown off in a heavy gale and the light was out until the lantern could be replaced with a newironlantern.
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Twoironlantern-style lamps frame the door.
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The newironlanternwas 12 sided, 2.95 min diameter, and able to hold the new lighting apparatus of 13 burners, each with its own 40.6 cm reflector.
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Arched semicircular fanlights surmount first-story windows, and bracketed iron lanterns flank the central entrance.
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Flanking the steps are walls with moulded coping and square pedestals with square iron lanterns.
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