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Davy, Clanny, Marsaut, Mueseler and the lamps that came after. 20 posts.
These lamps were employed until approximately 1960, likely not within the NCB mines when there were more than 30 individuals working below ground. The wick adjustment process involved rotating the fuel cell…
Read more about Eccles Type HL (hand-lit) Protector lamps →The Old Protector model 176 oil lamp, dating back to before 1911, appears to have undergone modifications around 1913 to comply with the Coal Mines Act 1911. Historical research indicates that while…
Read more about Old Protector Model 176 oil lamp →Extremely rare Protector GR6S prototype marked as 66 / G (from 1966, Garforth). Although the GR6 was initially introduced in 1964, it quickly encountered an issue with its outer wick tubes, made…
Read more about Extremely rare Protector GR6S prototype, 66 / G →Introducing the Pristine Protector Type A (Aluminium) Surveyors / Officials Lamp: A rare gem in mint condition. This lamp stands out for its lightweight aluminium build, weighing 785 grams as opposed to…
Read more about Protector Type A (aluminium) surveyors’ and officials’ lamp →One of the last classic German flame safety lamps, from the 1950s, with a battery-fired glow-wire igniter.
Read more about Friemann & Wolf Duisburg (FWD) Type 20502 →Before metal spark ignition prevailed in the safety lamp, several other systems also served to ignite the lamp from the inside. A proven system, which the Wolf company used for a long…
Read more about Impact ignition in safety lamps →So, when is a miner’s lamp not a miner’s lamp? When it’s a radiator/sump heater! Included are pictures of lamps hardly distinguishable from miners’ lamps, in most cases made by mining lamp…
Read more about When is a miner’s lamp not a miner’s lamp? Part 1: radiator 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 workmen’s lamps, prior to 1936. This was…
Read more about Hailwood & Ackroyd coloured-glass lamps →These lamps were made by Wolf in England, modified by Abbot and Birks in London, and used by the British Gas Board. They used to install them in a fixed gas line,…
Read more about Modified Abbot & Birks Wolf lamps for the gas industry →I only started collecting lamps in October this year (2021). The first lamp I purchased, on 11 October 2021, was a Wolf flame safety lamp 7RMBS from the UK. The 7RMBS was…
Read more about Gazza’s collection: the first three months →“A safety lamp only works if it’s used.”
