Miner's Safety Lamp
Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This is a safety lamp in the Clanny style, manufactured in the mid-1800's by the American Safety Lamp and Mine Supply Company of Scranton, PA. The Clanny lamp has Davy-type gauze on the top and a glass bottom to protect the flame from strong gusts in the mines. In this lantern the glass bottom has been removed.
- Credit Line
- Koehler Manufacturing Company
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-MN-8030
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-8030
- accession number
- 236603
- Object Name
- mining lamp
- lamp, safety, mining
- Measurements
- overall: 14 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in x 4 in; 36.83 cm x 11.43 cm x 10.16 cm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mining
- Mining Lamps
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Natural Resources
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_872325
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-fb69-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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