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Safety Lamp Re-Lighter
This device, from Bentinck Colliery, was used to re-light miner’s ‘Davy’ lamps when below ground.
There is a sealed chamber closed by a sliding door, an electric spark ignites the lamp without the risk of an external explosion.
The risk of explosion underground was always present and strongly enforced rules governed what miners could take with them down the mine.
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Naylor Lamp. |
Ray Havills Safety Lamp |
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Deputy's Lamp showing
striker beside the lamp |
A deputy's lamp has a silver top.
Above right:- If it goes out, while down the pit, it can be re-lit, using the striker.
Right:- the stopper has been removed so that the lamp can be used to test for gas.
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The Wolf Safety Lamp
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