BELT, MINER'S
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/link/artifact4756
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- MINER'S BATTERY BELT
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- CLOTH, METAL, SLATE
- Catalogue Number
- P19890038001
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- MINER'S BATTERY BELT
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- CLOTH, METAL, SLATE
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 76.5
- Width
- 13.5
- Description
- CLOTH BELT WITH SNAP FASTENED POCKET CONTAINS 8 BATTERY UNITS. EACH UNIT IS COMPRISED OF 3 CELLS, WRAPPED IN PAPER & COATED CLOTH WITH METAL END CAPS & TERMINALS. UNITS ARE WIRED IN SERIES AND CONNECTED TO A GROUND ON BELT & TO AN ELASTICIZED CLOTH STRAP. REVERSE: BELT IS QUILTED WITH 2 LARGE SLATE DISCS CONNECTED TO BELT BY CANVAS STRAP WITH INSULATED WIRE ATTACHED TO DISCS. IMPRINTED ON BELT "R.BELL'S ELECTRO? APPLIANCE" OTHER LETTERS ILLEGIBLE. SEE CONSERVATION REPORT.
- Historical Association
- COAL MINING
- History
- DONOR ACQUIRED FROM COAL MINES IN THE CUMBERLAND-NANIAMO AREA OF B.C. BELIEVED APPARATUS PROVIDED POWER FOR MINER'S ELECTRIC HAT LAMPS. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILES ARTIFACTS AND ACCESSORIES. LEONARD TIMOTHY DECOSSE WAS BORN 18 NOVEMBER 1923. HE MARRIED MOLLY MARIKAO DECOSSE (NEE NISHIMAZURU), WHO WAS BORN IN BROXBURN, ALBERTA IN MAY 1931. SHE GRADUATED FROM THE GALT BUSINESS COLLEGE. LEONARD DECOSSE PASSED AWAY ON 23 FEBRUARY 2015. MOLLY DECOSSE PASSED AWAY IN COMOX, B.C. ON 25 SEPTEMBER 2006. HER OBITUARY STATES SHE LIVED IN THE COMOX VALLY FOR 25 YEARS. RESEARCH CONDUCTED TO LOCATE FURTHER INFORMATION OR THE NEXT-OF-KIN WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, INCLUDING OBITUARIES.
- Catalogue Number
- P19890038001
- Acquisition Date
- 1989-10
- Collection
- Museum
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