Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This safety lamp was manufactured in the 1890’s by Wilhelm Seippel of Bochum, Germany. Bochum was a town in a mining region of Germany, which is now home to the German Mining Museum. This Clanny style lamp has a glass enclosure and wire gauze top, a painted-over metal plate on the bottom saying number '306', and a brass plate on top indicating number '127.'
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Mine Safety Appliances Company
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-MN-7854
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-7854
- accession number
- 240639
- Object Name
- lamp, safety, mining
- mining lamp
- Measurements
- overall: 16 3/4 in x 4 in x 4 in; 42.545 cm x 10.16 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_872870
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-def4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
