Miner’s Electric Cap Lamp
Miner’s Electric Cap Lamp
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- Description (Brief)
- This electric cap lamp was made by the Concordia Electric Company. The lamp was powered by a battery enclosed in a self-locking steel case worn on the miner’s belt. A flexible cord, protected by a steel spring where it comes out of the battery, connected the battery to the cap lamp. This lamp is marked as permissible by the U.S. Bureau of Mines.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- lamp, mining
- mining lamp
- Measurements
- overall: 16.2 cm x 4.5 cm x 30.1 cm; 6 3/8 in x 1 3/4 in x 11 7/8 in
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-MT-2683.01
- accession number
- 115674
- catalog number
- MHI-MT-2683
- Credit Line
- Edison Storage Battery Company
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mining
- Mining Lamps
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Natural Resources
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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