Steel Mill used with Flint for Mine Lighting, 1730-1750

Made:
1730-1750 in Whitehaven
maker:
Carlisle Spedding
Steel mill formerly used with a flint by the colliers of N

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Steel mill formerly used with a flint by the colliers of N. England to give light in places subject to fire-damp, pre 1865

Steel mill formerly used with a flint by the colliers of Northern England to give light in places subject to fire-damp, pre 1865

Details

Category:
Mining & Ore Dressing
Object Number:
1895-135
Materials:
wrought iron, leather and complete
Measurements:
overall: 180 x 292 x 190 mm
weight: 20.35kg
weight: 44.8643lbs
weight: 2kg
weight: 4.40927lbs
type:
lighting devices, miners' lamps and flint mills
credit:
Geological Museum (Jermyn St.)