Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This is a safety lamp manufactured by the Wolf Safety Lamp Company of America in 1916. The cutaway shows the details of one of the most popular Wolf designs, employing a glass enclosure, double wire gauze on the top-interior, and a metal bonnet exterior to protect the flame. The cutaway also reveals the cotton that would be soaked with oil to provide fuel to the wick to light the flame.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Wolf Safety Lamp Company of America, Inc.
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-MN-7760
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-7760
- accession number
- 235037
- Object Name
- lamp, safety, mining
- mining lamp
- mining lamp, cutaway
- Measurements
- overall: 14 1/4 in x 3 3/4 in x 3 1/2 in; 36.195 cm x 9.525 cm x 8.89 cm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mining
- Mining Lamps
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Natural Resources
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_872885
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-e335-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
