Miner's Safety Lamp
Miner's Safety Lamp
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- Description (Brief)
- This safety lamp is a "baby" lamp with a signature engraved on the base of the lamp which reads "Jo. E. Sheridan." Joseph E. Sheridan was a U.S. Coal Mine Inspector for New Mexico in the early 1900’s. Mine bosses and inspectors, who would not need a full-size lamp for their short and infrequent excursions underground, often used baby lamps such as this one
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- lamp, safety, mining
- mining lamp
- Measurements
- overall: 9 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 24.13 cm x 6.35 cm x 6.35 cm
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-MN-7859
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-7859
- accession number
- 240639
- Credit Line
- Mine Safety Appliances 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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