Lamp, carbide
| Description: |
This artifact is a brass carbide lamp used by coal miners in underground mines. Water dripping on the carbide in the lamp produced a gas that went to the lens. To create light the miner then lit the lamp wick. Miners purchased their own carbide for approximately $1.25 for twenty-five pounds of carbide. If a lamp went out during use, the miner had to refill it in the darkness. |
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| Origin: | 2006-09 |
| Created By: |
Campbell, Tony |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/vchs/id/2027 |
| Collection: |
Vigo County Historical Society |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/ |
| Copyright: |
Copyright Undetermined |
| Subjects: |
Acetylene lamps Coal miners -- Indiana -- Vigo County -- Equipment and supplies Coal -- Artifact Business & Industry |
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