Miner's Safety Lamp
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This lamp is Hailwood's Improved Safety lamp, manufactured in the early 20th century by Acroyd & Best Ltd., in Pittsburgh, PA. The company later became Hailwood and Ackroyd Ltd. This lamp employs a metal bonnet with holes in the top, indicating that it was used to test for gas.
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: Mine Safety Appliances Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-MN-7855
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MN-7855
label: accession number
content: 240639
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp, safety, mining
label: Object Name
content: mining lamp
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 1/2 in x 4 in x 3 1/2 in; 34.29 cm x 10.16 cm x 8.89 cm