Miner’s Electric Cap Lamp
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This electric cap lamp was made by the Concordia Electric Company. The lamp was powered by a battery enclosed in a self-locking steel case worn on the miner’s belt. A flexible cord, protected by a steel spring where it comes out of the battery, connected the battery to the cap lamp. This lamp is marked as permissible by the U.S. Bureau of Mines.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Mining
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content: Mining Lamps
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Natural Resources
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Edison Storage Battery Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-MT-2683.01
label: accession number
content: 115674
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MT-2683
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp, mining
label: Object Name
content: mining lamp
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 16.2 cm x 4.5 cm x 30.1 cm; 6 3/8 in x 1 3/4 in x 11 7/8 in