Lamp, gas

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OBJECT TYPE: miner's/Wolf
DATE: 1951
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1986.0139.001

MANUFACTURER: Koehler Mfg. Co.
MODEL: Permissible Miners Safety Lamp/203
LOCATION: Marlboro, Massachusetts, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: Lantern
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL & GLASS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: N/A
Width: 10.8 cm
Height: 37.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Lighting Technology
Category: Lighting devices
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Koehler
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Massachusetts
City: Marlboro

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Nova Scotia
Period: USED BY DONOR UP TO 1966
Canada: Used in Nova Scotia
Function: TO ILLUMINATE THE MINERS WORK AREA
Technical: The 203 Aluminum Permissible Miners Safety Lamp was approved for use inunderground mines on February 7, 1919. (Taken from Patrick Morel-a-l'Huissier, see references)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: WRITING CUT INTO TOP OF LAMPS, AROUND THE CENTER IS PERMISIBLE MINERS SAFETY LAMP & U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF MINES CREST/AROUND OUTSIDE IS APPROVAL NO. 203. ISSUED TO THE KOEHLER MFG. CO. MARLBORO MASS. U.S.A./ON.2 IS A BRASS PLATE WITH 18 STAMPED INTO IT.
Missing: N/A
Finish: A CYLINDRICAL SHAPED LAMP WITH A HOOK AT THE CENTER OF THE TOP
Decoration: N/A

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Koehler Mfg. Co., Lamp, gas, circa 1951, Artifact no. 1986.0139, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1986.0139.001/

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