Electric Cap Lamps
It’s been a lot of years since everybody at the mine carried an oil lamp, but in later years everybody carried one of these. The first ones I remember having … [Read More]
Year: 2022
When is a Miners Lamp not a Miners Lamp, Part 2
The brass Teale is a radiator/sump heater, and. I suspect the steel lamp with the circular lock was used as one too. The steel lamp had had the locking ring … [Read More]
When is a Miners Lamp not a Miners Lamp, Part 1
So, when is a Miners Lamp, not a Miners Lamp? When it’s a radiator/sump heater! Included are pictures of lamps hardly distinguishable from miners’ lamps, in most cases made by … [Read More]
Hailwood & Ackroyd Coloured Glass Lamps
The featured image shows four Hailwood and Ackroyd lamps, or, pre-1926, Ackroyd and Best lamps. The company apparently hired out hundreds, if not thousands, of workmens lamps, prior to 1936. … [Read More]