Miner's Electric Cap Lamp
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This Model "K" lamp was manufactured in 1931 by the Edison Storage Battery Company. The Edison Cap Lamp consisted of a battery encased in a self-locking steel case worn on the miner’s belt. A flexible cord traveled to the cap lamp, and its entrance into the battery was protected by a flexible steel cover. The battery could power the six-candlepower lamps for 12 hours and was recharged at the end of a miner’s shift. This lamp is stamped number 16.
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content: Work and Industry: Mining
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Natural Resources
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-MN-8947
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MN-8947
label: accession number
content: 236603
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp, mining
label: Object Name
content: mining lamp