Miner’s Safety Lamp
- Description (Brief)
- This Davy style safety lamp was manufactured by the American Safety Lamp and Mine Supply Company of Scranton, Pennsylvania in the latter half of the 19th century. The “safety” mining lamp was a tremendous step forward in preventing mining disasters. Encasing the flame in metal gauze prevented the flame from escaping the lamp and igniting the combustible gases (called firedamp), as would happen with the open flames of carbide or oil-wick lamps.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- lamp, safety, mining
- mining lamp
- Measurements
- overall: 11 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 29.21 cm x 6.985 cm x 6.985 cm
- ID Number
- AG*MHI-MN-9453
- accession number
- 280476
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-9453
- subject
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Natural Resources
- Mining Lamps
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mining
- Mining Lamps
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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