Miner's Electric Cap lamp
Miner's Electric Cap lamp
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- Description (Brief)
- This battery-powered mining cap lamp was manufactured by McGraw-Edison in the mid-20th century. In 1957, Thomas A. Edison Incorporated merged with the McGraw Electric Company to form the McGraw-Edison Company. This lamp consists of a battery in a self-locking steel case worn on the miner’s belt. A flexible cord connects the battery to the lamp, which was worn on a mining cap.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- lamp, cap, miner's
- mining lamp
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-MN-8117B
- accession number
- 240639
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-8117B
- Credit Line
- Mine Safety Appliances Company
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mining
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Natural Resources
- Mining Lamps
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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