Collecting, preserving and sharing the history of miners’ lamps
Patented in 1939 for Manchester Collieries, with spark ignition and an internal magnetic lock that didn’t always survive.
Read more about Pristine and never lit: the Protector MC40 →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 →“A safety lamp only works if it’s used.”
