Wheat Cap Lamp
notes: label: Description
content: This mining lamp was designed by Grant Wheat in 1916, as a precursor to his mass manufactured electric Wheat lamp. The lamp has a label that reads “First 'W' lamp, made by Grant Wheat, at his brother's residence, at Brie, Pennsylvania, in 1916.” The lamp appears to operate like many electric cap lamps, with a battery encased in a locking metal case worn on the miner’s belt and a cord to the cap lamp, which would be worn on the miner’s helmet. 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-8153
label: accession number
content: 239148
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MN-8153
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp, cap, mining
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: battery: 8 in x 5 3/8 in x 1 13/16 in; 20.32 cm x 13.716 cm x 4.572 cm
label: Measurements
content: wire: 33 1/2 in; 85.09 cm
label: Measurements
content: light: 3 3/8 in x 3 3/8 in x 3 11/16 in; 8.636 cm x 8.636 cm x 9.398 cm