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. 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.)