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Friemann & Wolf Duisburg (FWD) Type 20502
One of the last classic German flame safety lamps, from the 1950s, with a battery-fired glow-wire igniter.
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A man with a vision: Antony Larkins’s photographs
Introducing Antony Larkins to you, an avid collector and crafty restorer of mining and railway memorabilia, and the only person I know who also owns a train with three wagons. Antony’s willing…
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When is a miner’s lamp not a miner’s lamp? Part 2: the Teale
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 and the…
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When is a miner’s lamp not a miner’s lamp? Part 1: radiator 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…
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Modified Abbot & Birks Wolf lamps for the gas industry
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,…
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Gazza’s collection: the first three months
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…
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