Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- Manufactured around 1930, the Edison Safety Mining Lamp consisted of a battery enclosed in a self-locking steel case worn on the miner’s belt. A flexible cord traveled from the battery to the lamp, which was worn on a mining cap. The battery could power the six-candlepower lamps for 12 hours and was recharged at the end of a miner’s shift. This is a Model "S" lamp.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Mine Safety Appliances Company
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-MN-8117C
- accession number
- 240639
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-8117C
- Object Name
- lamp, cap, miner's
- mining lamp
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mining
- Mining Lamps
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Natural Resources
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_872015
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-ca62-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
