Miner's Electric Cap Lamp
- Description (Brief)
- First manufactured in 1912, the Edison Safety Mining Lamp consisted of a battery encased in a self-locking steel case worn on the miner’s belt. A flexible cord traveled to the cap lamp, and was protected by a flexible steel cover on its entrance into the battery. The battery could power the six candlepower lamp for 12 hours and was recharged at the end of a miner’s shift. The battery is a Model "E" and the lamp is a Model "H.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-MN-8038
- accession number
- 236603
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-8038
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- Work and Industry: Mining
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Natural Resources
- Mining Lamps
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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