Miner’s Safety Lamp
Miner’s Safety Lamp
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- Description (Brief)
- The American Safety Lamp & Mine Supply Company hired M.D. Cremer of England to produce this lamp around 1913. M.D. Cremer, a former director of the Wolf Safety Lamp Company in England started the Cremer Lamp and Engineering Company in 1913 to produce lamps by contract from other firms. This safety lamp features a glass enclosure, double wire gauze on the top-interior, and a metal bonnet exterior to protect the flame.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- lamp, safety, mining
- mining lamp
- Measurements
- overall: 14 in x 4 in x 3 1/2 in; 35.56 cm x 10.16 cm x 8.89 cm
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-MN-9768
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-9768
- accession number
- 304880
- Credit Line
- George J. Titler
- 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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James Morfino
Mon, 2020-05-11 09:19