IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This carbide mining lamp was made by ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This cotton miner’s cap has a leather ...

After around 1915, miners debated which technology they favored to light their work underground, a carbide lamp or a battery light. Both were superior to candles and oil lamps that would blow out when ...

Lighting has played a critical role in the safety of underground coal and metal mining for several thousand years. Challenges in an underground mine environment include dust, confined spaces, surfaces ...

Mining historian David Skoniecki describes the components of a carbide miner’s lamp during the Plymouth Historical Society presentation ‘The Tools that Kept the Miners Working’ at the First ...