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Richards & Kelly Manufacturing Co. in Sweet's Catalogue 1927-28 (Page A392)
RICHARDS & KELLY MANUFACTURING CO.
Manufacturers of Prismatic Lights
309-311 West Twenty-third Street
CHICAGO, ILL.

Products
REINFORCED CONCRETE SIDEWALK LIGHTS.
REINFORCED CONCRETE FLOOR LIGHTS.
REINFORCED CONCRETE ROOF LIGHTS.
CAST IRON SIDEWALK LIGHT REPAIRS and REPLACEMENTS.
SIDEWALK DOORS.
COALHOLE COVERS.

Reinforced Concrete Sidewalk, Floor and Roof Lights
Manufactured in accordance with simplified practice recommendations adopted at Washington, D.C., November 18, 1925, by Sidewalk, Floor and Roof Light manufacturers, distributers and users, acting in conjunction with the Division of Simplified Practice.
Details Construction of Reinforced Concrete Sidewalk Lights (Plan)
Plan
Details Construction of Reinforced Concrete Sidewalk Lights (Cross section)
Cross Section
Details Construction of Reinforced Concrete Sidewalk Lights


Detail Showing Galvanized Cast Iron Shield Protected Glass
Detail Showing Galvanized Cast Iron Shield Protected Glass
Glass
For Sidewalk Lights—3-in. diameter in galvanized cast iron shields; 3½×3½ in. in galvanized cast iron shields.
For Floor Lights—3½×3½ in. in galvanized cast iron shields; 4×4 in. and 61/8×6½ in. without shields.
For Roof Lights—8¼×8¼ in. wire glass set in galvanized cast iron shields.
Guarantee—We will furnish free of charge f.o.b. our factory any glass broken in our galvanized cast iron shield type construction for a period of five years from date of installation, unless breakage caused by fire or misuse.

Cast Iron Sidewalk Lights
We have discontinued furnishing cast iron sidewalk lights for new installations, but have patterns and glass for repairs and replacements.
Glass—For concrete setting 2, 2½ and 3-in. diameters, 3 in. square, 2½×3½ in. and 2¼×5 in.
For sulphur setting 15/8-in. diameter.

Sidewalk Doors
Manufactured in flush or raised types, with either checkered steel or plain surface steel. In illuminating type, with various sizes of glass set in cast iron construction, or with square glass set in steel plates.
All doors are fitted with brass hinges, flush lift rings, device to hold in place while open, and slide bolt to lock from below. Flush door frames are cast with gutter to carry off water which seeps through the joints between doors and frames.
Flush Type Checkered Steel Sidewalk Door
Flush Type Checkered Steel Sidewalk Door
Coalhole Covers and Frames
Sidewalk Type Stock Sizes—16, 18, 20, 24 and 30 in., with or without glass. Special sizes 26, 28 and 36 in.
Driveway Type Stock Sizes—20, 24 and 30-in. diameter; 20×20, 24×24 and 30×30 in.

Estimates and Prices
Furnished promptly upon request, prices on sidewalk, floor or roof lights, given either f.o.b. cars or installed at building.