Carbide Lamp

Object/Artifact

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Crater Rock Museum

Name/Title

Carbide Lamp

Entry/Object ID

2025.8.23

Description

Dew-R-Lite Carbide Miners Lamp with hook. Patented Nov 2, 1926 by Dewar Mfg. This lamp is a Dew-R-Lite hand lamp model, manufactured around the mid-1930’s by the Dewar Manufacturing Co. of Brooklyn, New York. Dewar produced carbide mining lamps from around 1914 until it was bought by the Wolf Safety Lamp Co. in the late 1930's.

Location

Location

Display Case

FS-19

Room

Frieda Smith Hall

Building

Crater Rock Museum

Category

Exhibit

Moved By

Jillian Mather Kettley

Date

August 30, 2025

Notes

Location and accession # added while cleaning