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Description: | makers mark, stamped, THE PROTECTOR LAMP & LIGHTING CO LTD.
TYPE 6RS
MINISTRY OF POWER
SAFETY LAMPS
APPROVAL No. 8/28
3
MAKERS
ECCLES
Miners safety lamp with a silver coloured metal bonnet, made by the Protector Lamp and Lighting Co., Ltd., Eccles. The number '3' is stamped onto the circular brass plate at CF. The type 6RS lamp was a variation of the standard type 6 lamp; it has an aspirator ring and inlet fitted into the bonnet, allowing air samples from a probe to be fed to the lamp to determine the methane content. These lamps were made from the early 1960~s onwards. The lamp was used by Jack Cook, who was a deputy at Whitburn Colliery.
Material: metal | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.science&industry.481387 | Go to resource |
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