Mining Tunnel Lamp
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This oil-wick mining lamp was manufactured by P. Wall, Allegheny City, Pennsylvania around 1880. This lamp is a hanging lamp, and would burn a mix of fat and oil for fuel, with a wick inserted into the spout. The resulting light was much brighter and more efficient than the candles it replaced.
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: Superior-Sterling Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-MN-7989B
label: accession number
content: 234932
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MN-7989B
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp, hand, oil wick type, miner's
label: Object Name
content: mining lamp
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 in x 7 in x 5 in; 43.18 cm x 17.78 cm x 12.7 cm