Model "W" Electric Wheat Lamp
notes: label: Description
content: This Model “W” Wheat electric cap lamp was manufactured by the Koehler Manufacturing Company of Marlborough, Massachusetts around 1939. 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 Model “W” lamp was given the approval number 20 by the Bureau of Mines on August 14th, 1939. 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-8159
label: accession number
content: 239148
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MN-8159
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp, cap, mining
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: battery: 8 in x 5 5/8 in x 1 7/8 in; 20.32 cm x 14.224 cm x 4.826 cm
label: Measurements
content: wire: 44 in; 111.76 cm
label: Measurements
content: light: 3 in x 3 in x 3 3/8 in; 7.62 cm x 7.62 cm x 8.636 cm