LAMP, MINER'S
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1915
- Date Range To
- 1925
- Materials
- STEEL, BRASS, NICKEL
- Catalogue Number
- P19890038003
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1915
- Date Range To
- 1925
- Materials
- STEEL, BRASS, NICKEL
- No. Pieces
- 3
- Height
- 17.7
- Diameter
- 7.3
- Description
- RESERVOIR FOR HEAD LAMP APPARATUS, FASTENS TO MINER'S BELT. CONSISTS OF TWO PARTS, UPPER PART CONTAINS WATER, LOWER PART CARBIDE. WING NUT CONTROLS A NEEDLE VALVE WHICH ALLOWS WATER TO ENTER CARBIDE PRODUCING ACETYLENE GAS WHICH IS DELIVERED BY HOSE TO HEADLAMP. PRODUCES A SMALL, CONTROLLABLE & VERY BRIGHT FLAME. "BRILLANT SEARCH LIGHT MFG. CO. MADE IN CHICAGO U.S.A. PATENTED OCT. 21, 1902 APRIL 14, 1914". LABEL DISINTEGRATING.
- Subjects
- LIGHTING DEVICE
- Historical Association
- COAL MINING
- History
- DONOR ACQUIRED FROM COAL MINES IN THE CUMBERLAND-NANIAMO AREA OF B.C. BRILLIANT SEARCH LIGHT MFG. CO. MADE IN CHICAGO U.S.A. SEE P19890038002-GA *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
- P19890038003
- Acquisition Date
- 1989-10
- Collection
- Museum
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