Lamp miner's safety

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metal and glass oil powered lamp

Inscriptions and Markings

(partly obscured on glass) BRITISH MFP.

( on brass) 3BB BOSS

( on screw off base) 56 and 10

Size

250mm high, 90mm diam

Historical Information

Safety lamp made for underground miners to replace naked flame lighting

Significance

Used in underground mining in Ovens or Buckland mining districts

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Bright & District Historical Society Inc.

High Country / explore region

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