Model "C" Wheat Cap Lamp
notes: label: Description
content: This Model “C” Wheat electric cap lamp was manufactured by the Koehler Manufacturing Company of Marlborough, Massachusetts around 1927. The lamp consists of a battery in a case that was worn on the miner’s belt and flexible rubber cord that travels to the electric cap lamp which was worn on the miner’s helmet. The side of the battery case bears the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Mines “Permissible” stamp marking it as safe for use in mines. The Wheat lamp was invented by Grant Wheat and manufactured by the Koehler Manufacturing Company. This lamp belonged to Grant Wheat’s personal collection that was donated to the museum in 1962.
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: 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-8158
label: accession number
content: 239148
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MN-8158
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp, cap, mining
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: battery: 7 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in x 2 in; 19.05 cm x 13.97 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: wire: 40 in; 101.6 cm
label: Measurements
content: light: 3 5/8 in x 3 5/8 in x 4 13/16 in; 9.144 cm x 9.144 cm x 12.192 cm