Electrolier is a fixture for holding electric

lamp Lamp, Lamps or LAMP may refer to: Lighting * Oil lamp, using an oil-based fuel source * Kerosene lamp, using kerosene as a fuel * Electric lamp, or light bulb, a replaceable component that produces light from electricity * Light fixture, or li ...

s. Normally, the term designates an elaborate light fixture suspended from above, such as a large, multi-bulb

pendant light A pendant light, sometimes called a drop or suspender, is a lone light fixture that hangs from the ceiling usually suspended by a cord, chain, or metal rod. Pendant lights are often used in multiples, hung in a straight line over kitchen counterto ...

. Additionally, the term is used by architects in the United States to refer to electric

street lights A street light, light pole, lamp pole, lamppost, street lamp, light standard, or lamp standard is a raised source of light on the edge of a road or path. Similar lights may be found on a railway platform. When urban electric power distribution ...

or any exterior light fixture mounted on a pole or standard. The word is analogous to chandelier, from which it was formed. An example usage of the term is found in Sir John Betjeman’s poem "The Metropolitan Railway - Baker Street Station Buffet" from his collection "A Few Late Chrysanthemums" (1954): "Early Electric! With what radiant hope / Men formed this many-branched electrolier, / Twisted the flex around the iron rope / And let the dazzling vacuum globes hang clear, / And then with hearts the rich contrivance fill’d / Of copper, beaten by the Bromsgrove Guild." Image:Sheffield Town Hall grand staircase.jpg, Electrolier in the Grand Staircase of Sheffield Town Hall, England File:Electrolier-National FarmersBank-Owatonna-1910.jpg, Electrolier in the

National Farmer's Bank of Owatonna The National Farmers' Bank of Owatonna, Minnesota, United States, is a historic bank building designed by Louis Sullivan, with decorative elements by George Elmslie. It was built in 1908, and was the first of Sullivan's "jewel box" bank designs. ...

, Minnesota Postcard c. 1910 File:1894 Electrolier.JPG, 1894 bronze electrolier with 45 branches in

Pullman Memorial Universalist Church The Pullman Memorial Universalist Church of Albion, New York was constructed in 1894 (dedicated 1895) as a memorial to the parents of inventor and industrialist George Mortimer Pullman. The structure, built of pink Medina sandstone and featurin ...

, Albion, NY

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