Mining Candle Holder

Object Details

Description

This is a cast-iron candle holder that was used by miners to provide their working light. Before electric lamps and carbide lamps, candles were used to provide light in some mines for most of the 19th century. This candle holder has a spike that would have been driven into a framing timber or suitable crack and a hook that could be set upon an appropriate surface near the miner’s work space.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Mary R. Wheat

ID Number

AG.MHI-MN-8180B

accession number

239148

catalog number

MHI-MN-8180B

Object Name

holder, candle, mining

Measurements

overall: 4 1/2 in x 3 in x 11 in; 11.43 cm x 7.62 cm x 27.94 cm

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Work and Industry: Agriculture and Natural Resources

Mining Lamps

Work

Industry & Manufacturing

Grant Wheat Collection

National Museum of American History

Record ID

nmah_872645

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-da89-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa