Oil-Wick Cap Lamp
notes: label: Description
content: This oil-wick cap lamp was made by an unknown maker during the second half of the 19th century. The oil-wick cap lamp was first invented in Scotland in 1850 and in use until the 1920’s. The font contained a mix of fat and oil for fuel, and a wick was inserted into the spout. The resulting flame was much brighter and more efficient than the candles it replaced. The lamp’s tag notes that it was found by P.E. Hayford working at the docks of Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Company in Salem, Massachusetts in 1897.
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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: Grant Wheat Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mary R. Wheat
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-MN-8148B
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content: 239148
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content: MHI-MN-8148B
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp, oil, cap, mining
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in x 5 in; 11.43 cm x 3.81 cm x 12.7 cm