Sieppel Mine Locomotive Carbide Lamp

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Mine Locomotive Carbide Safety Lamp,  Wilhelm Seippel

Marked “Wilhelm Sieppel, Bochum” (Germany).  This particular model must of been a favorite of the manufacture because it is one of only three models of safety lamps pictured on the cover of Sieppel’s 1908 50yr. Anniversary Special Catalog.  The  igniter assembly, in the middle of the lower picture, takes the old paper caps. The water vessel in this lamp is actually submerged in the carbide canister.  The water control is regulated through back pressure of acetylene gas. On the bottom of the lamp, there is a knob that is part of a regulating device that controls the flow of gas to the burner.  Magnetic lock.  Circa 1910.  This specimen is unfired.  

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