Carbide Cap Lamps/Scranton Back

Carbide Cap Lamps

Scranton Back.JPG - SCRANTON - Very hard to find brass Scranton cap lamp, Type IV (see des Marais, Eureka #9, pp 14-22), brass reflector secured to water tank with solder at bottom edge of tank and burner tube, reflector edge has flattened rim, marked on left side with PENDING (light stamping of pat. pending) and on right side with SCRANTON vertically on tank, manufactured before 1913 by the Scranton Acetylene Lamp Co. Scranton, PA; ex-Larry Click collection (Lamps manufactured by the Scranton Acetylene Lamp Company of Scranton, PA are among the earliest mine carbide lamps. Llewellyn M. Evans started the Scranton Acetylene Lamp Co. in July 1909. As early as Jan. 1910, the Francis H. Coffin Co. began marketing the "Scranton" acetylene lamp, very scarce in any collection. In 1911, the name was shortened to "Scranto." 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. Dave des Marais in the article noted above has identified five variations of the Scranton lamp and 6 variations of the Scranto lamp, primarily due to differences in marking, reflector or reflector attachment. As noted in an article by Dave Thorpe in Eureka #17, pp 24-25, a few Pennsylvania carbide lamps have unexplained numeral markings on them. This Scranton lamp has the number 3 on the very tip of the hook and another unreadable number on the bend. Very interesting but still a mystery. The early Scranton 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)

Scranton Back | SCRANTON - Very hard to find brass Scranton cap lamp, Type IV (see des Marais, Eureka #9, pp 14-22), brass reflector secured to water tank with solder at bottom edge of tank and burner tube, reflector edge has flattened rim, marked on left side with PENDING (light stamping of pat. pending) and on right side with SCRANTON vertically on tank, manufactured before 1913 by the Scranton Acetylene Lamp Co. Scranton, PA; ex-Larry Click collection (Lamps manufactured by the Scranton Acetylene Lamp Company of Scranton, PA are among the earliest mine carbide lamps. Llewellyn M. Evans started the Scranton Acetylene Lamp Co. in July 1909. As early as Jan. 1910, the Francis H. Coffin Co. began marketing the "Scranton" acetylene lamp, very scarce in any collection. In 1911, the name was shortened to "Scranto." 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. Dave des Marais in the article noted above has identified five variations of the Scranton lamp and 6 variations of the Scranto lamp, primarily due to differences in marking, reflector or reflector attachment. As noted in an article by Dave Thorpe in Eureka #17, pp 24-25, a few Pennsylvania carbide lamps have unexplained numeral markings on them. This Scranton lamp has the number 3 on the very tip of the hook and another unreadable number on the bend. Very interesting but still a mystery. The early Scranton 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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