VINTAGE RAILROAD CAR Leaded Slag/Stained Glass Window 1910s GREAT NORTHERN For Sale

THIS IS A VINTAGE STAINED AND LEADED SLAG GLASS WINDOW THAT WAS ORIGINAL FROM A1910s VICTORIAN ERAGREAT NORTHERN RAILROAD PARLOR CAR, RAILROAD PASSENGER CAR THAT WAS MANUFACTURED BY BARNEY & SMITH COMPANY OF OHIO. THIS WAS A CLERESTORY WINDOW THAT WAS IN THE UPPER ROOFLINE OF THE TRAIN AND IT HAS ART DECO STYLE CAST IRON HINGES THAT ALLOWED IT TO BE OPENED UP. THE WINDOW FRAME IS MOHOGHANY AND HAS STAMPING THAT REFERENCED WHAT CAR AND WHAT LOCATION IT CAME FROM. RAILROAD CARS DID NOT USE LEAD DIVIDER BARS AS THE WINDOW WOULD HAVE NEVER TOLERATED THE PUNISHMENT OF THE RAILROAD LINE. INSTEAD, THEY USED ZINC METAL RAILS THAT WERE SOLDERED AT THE CORNERS. THIS WAS FOUND IN AN OLD GREAT NORTHERN CAR SHOPS BUILDING BACK IN THE 1960s. LAST PICTURE IS FOR REFERENCE ONLY. NOT THE ACTUAL CAR IT WAS REMOVED FROM BUT SIMILAR.THE DIMENSIONS ARE 28 1/2\" X 11 1/2\"
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