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Trethaway Surveyor Medium Hook Left
Trethaway Surveyor Medium Tube Cover Off
Trethaway Surveyor Medium Handle Left
Trethaway Surveyor Medium Handle On
Trethaway Surveyor Medium Disassembled
  Trethaway Surveyor Large Marking.JPG - TRETHAWAY BROS. MEDIUMSURVEYORS LAMP - Tin surveyors lamp, marked TRETHAWAY BROS. PARSONS PA, 2 1/4 in. base dia. and 6 1/8 in. high to top of wick tube, with tube cover/handle, brass fill cover; acquired from Neal Ressler (The Trethaway Bros. of Parsons, PA produced more varieties of wick lamps than any other manufacturer; in 1894, Richard Trethaway formed a partnership with his brothers William, Joseph, John and Charles to manufacture tin and metalware products including wick lamps; Richard served as president of the firm located in Parsons which in 1927 was absorbed by the city of Wilkes-Barre; the firm grew steadily and by 1912, employed nearly 500 employees; Trethaway not only produced a wide variety of wick lamps in tin, brass, copper and mixed metal combinations but also produced lamps under the labels of UMWA, Richards, Tracy Wells, L.C.N. Co., Lennon, P.F. Lennon, Sanner Hardware Co., O'Keefe Patent, Alex E. Hunt and Bluefield Hardware; in 1918, a fire destroyed the firm's building and stock and Trethaway Bros. closed its business; see Johnson, Mining Artifact Collector #12, pp 30-32)  
Trethaway Surveyor Hand Lamp with Burner Cover
Trethaway Surveyor Hand Lamp with Handle
Trethaway Miniature Size
Trethaway Miniature LSide
Trethaway Miniature RSide

Trethaway Surveyor Large Marking | TRETHAWAY BROS. MEDIUMSURVEYORS LAMP - Tin surveyors lamp, marked TRETHAWAY BROS. PARSONS PA, 2 1/4 in. base dia. and 6 1/8 in. high to top of wick tube, with tube cover/handle, brass fill cover; acquired from Neal Ressler (The Trethaway Bros. of Parsons, PA produced more varieties of wick lamps than any other manufacturer; in 1894, Richard Trethaway formed a partnership with his brothers William, Joseph, John and Charles to manufacture tin and metalware products including wick lamps; Richard served as president of the firm located in Parsons which in 1927 was absorbed by the city of Wilkes-Barre; the firm grew steadily and by 1912, employed nearly 500 employees; Trethaway not only produced a wide variety of wick lamps in tin, brass, copper and mixed metal combinations but also produced lamps under the labels of UMWA, Richards, Tracy Wells, L.C.N. Co., Lennon, P.F. Lennon, Sanner Hardware Co., O'Keefe Patent, Alex E. Hunt and Bluefield Hardware; in 1918, a fire destroyed the firm's building and stock and Trethaway Bros. closed its business; see Johnson, Mining Artifact Collector #12, pp 30-32) Download Original Image
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