Miner's lamp

code: LVSAV1984.073

Collection code:
LVSAV1984.073
File type:
Museum objects
Collection:
Museum Collection

Description

Miner's carbide cap lamp, brass, marked "Premier British Made"

The lamp unscrews into two pieces, the bottom chamber was filled with calcium carbide, and the upper one filled with water, circa 1940

Donated by Andrew Turnbull, who was a miner with Scottish Oils Ltd from the age of 14.

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