Miner’s Electric Cap Lamp
Miner’s Electric Cap Lamp
- Description (Brief)
- The Koehler Manufacturing Company produced this battery-powered cap lamp during the first half of the 20th century. Inventor Grant Wheat designed this lamp, leading to this type of lamp being called a “Wheat Lamp.” The battery is encased in a self-locking red plastic case worn on the miner’s belt. A flexible cord traveled from the battery to the lamp, which was worn on a mining cap. The red case reads “Wheat/Koehler MFG. CO.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-MN-8953
- accession number
- 260128
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-8953
- Credit Line
- Koehler Manufacturing Co.
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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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