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Carbide Cap Lamps

Scranto pic2.JPG - SCRANTO - Very hard to find brass Scranto cap lamp, Type V (see Des Marais, Eureka #9, pp 14-22) reflector brace secured to water tank with metalstrip, reflector edge has flattened rim, marked on left side withPATENTED SEPT 12.1911 and on right side with label SCRANTOREGISTERED TRADEMARK, manufactured before 1914 by theScranton Acetylene Lamp Co. Scranton, PA; ex-Warren Southout collection of Reno, NV via Bob Schroth (Lamps manufactured by the Scranton Acetylene Lamp Company of Scranton, PA are among the earliest mine carbide lamps. As early as 1909, the Francis H. Coffin Co. began marketing the "Scranton" acetylene lamp, very scarce in any collection. In 1911, the name was shortened to "Scranto" when the Scranton Acetylene Lamp Co. started manufacturing the lamps. The Scranto lamps were manufactured by this company till 1916 when the American Safety Lamp and Supply Co. of Scranton bought the firm and continued to sell the lamps into the early 1920s. The early Scarnton and Scranto lamps are thought to be the pattern for a number of similar lamps including those marketed by the Abercrombie and Fitch Co., Hughes Bros. "Pathfinder" lamp, and the non-Justrite "Victor" lamp. See Clemmer, American Miner's Carbide Lamps, pp 84-85)

Scranto pic2 | SCRANTO - Very hard to find brass Scranto cap lamp, Type V (see Des Marais, Eureka #9, pp 14-22) reflector brace secured to water tank with metal strip, reflector edge has flattened rim, marked on left side with PATENTED SEPT 12.1911 and on right side with label SCRANTO REGISTERED TRADEMARK, manufactured before 1914 by the Scranton Acetylene Lamp Co. Scranton, PA; ex-Warren Southout collection of Reno, NV via Bob Schroth (Lamps manufactured by the Scranton Acetylene Lamp Company of Scranton, PA are among the earliest mine carbide lamps. As early as 1909, the Francis H. Coffin Co. began marketing the "Scranton" acetylene lamp, very scarce in any collection. In 1911, the name was shortened to "Scranto" when the Scranton Acetylene Lamp Co. started manufacturing the lamps. The Scranto lamps were manufactured by this company till 1916 when the American Safety Lamp and Supply Co. of Scranton bought the firm and continued to sell the lamps into the early 1920s. The early Scarnton and Scranto lamps are thought to be the pattern for a number of similar lamps including those marketed by the Abercrombie and Fitch Co., Hughes Bros. "Pathfinder" lamp, and the non-Justrite "Victor" lamp. See Clemmer, American Miner's Carbide Lamps, pp 84-85)

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