Miner’s Safety Lamp
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Ackroyd & Best Ltd. of Leeds, England manufactured this Hailwood Improved Lamp in the early 20th century. This safety lamp would have originally had a glass enclosure around the flame (which is now missing), interior wire gauze, and exterior bonnet. The bonnet bears the oval maker’s label that reads: ACKROYD & BEST Ltd./MAKERS/HAILWOODS IMPROVED LAMP/No.2/MORLEY LEEDS ENGLAND.
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: Board of Trustees of Lafayette College
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-MN-8770
label: accession number
content: 265669
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MN-8770
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp, safety, mining
label: Object Name
content: mining lamp
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 3 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 30.48 cm x 8.89 cm x 8.89 cm