Pair of Early Depression-Era Carbide Lamps — c.1930s grape and cable Charles & James Norman Hall

Charles & James Norman Hall

Author: Stenton

English & Spanish

Publication Year: 1921

Condition:Very good vintage condition with only light signs of age

Pair of Early Depression-Era Carbide Lamps — c.1930s grape and cable Charles & James Norman HallA rare matched pair of early carbide miners lamps, produced during the Depression era and beautifully preserved in their original glass and galvanised steel frames. Each lamp features its conical wire mesh carbide basket, intact ventilation ports, and embossed measurement marks on the glass reservoir. These lamps were used with carbide and water to create acetylene gas a bright, reliable flame for mines, workshops and farms long before electrification