Carbide Cap Lamps/Grier Horizontal NP with Early Base and Spare

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Grier Horizontal NP with Early Base and Spare.jpg - HORIZONTAL GRIER NP WITH EARLY BASE AND SPARE - Rare nickel plated horizontal Grier Bros. lamp, marked on side GRIER BROS. PITTSBURGH, PA. around small star, early base with spare, wire water feed, complete with cap braces, ca. 1920-22 (This horizontal Grier Bros. cap lamp is one of the late style horizontal lamps described by Dave Thorpe. The nickel plated variety is quite rare. The late style lamps were first offered by Grier in 1918 but by 1922, the horizontal style lamps were no longer being advertised. See Thorpe, Carbide Light – The Last Flame in American Mines, pp 182-189)

Grier Horizontal NP with Early Base and Spare | HORIZONTAL GRIER NP WITH EARLY BASE AND SPARE - Rare nickel plated horizontal Grier Bros. lamp, marked on side GRIER BROS. PITTSBURGH, PA. around small star, early base with spare, wire water feed, complete with cap braces, ca. 1920-22 (This horizontal Grier Bros. cap lamp is one of the late style horizontal lamps described by Dave Thorpe. The nickel plated variety is quite rare. The late style lamps were first offered by Grier in 1918 but by 1922, the horizontal style lamps were no longer being advertised. See Thorpe, Carbide Light – The Last Flame in American Mines, pp 182-189)

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