Hanging Open Mining Lamp
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This lamp was made by an unknown maker around middle of the 19th century. This open hanging lamp is one of the earliest examples of American mine lighting. The lamp is relatively unrefined, simply a reservoir of oil with a wick that produced a large amount of smoke, heat, and oil drippings.
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: Work
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Natural Resources
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mr. W. R. Crane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-MT-310685
label: accession number
content: 125257
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MT-310685
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp, mining
label: Object Name
content: mining lamp
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm