Title

Beckley, West Virginia, A miners carbide lamp attached to his helmet on display at the mine museum at the Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine. In the lamp, calcium carbide reacts with water to produce acetylene, which burns with a strong flame

Caption

Beckley, West Virginia, A miners carbide lamp attached to his helmet on display at the mine museum at the Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine. In the lamp, calcium carbide reacts with water to produce acetylene, which burns with a strong flame

Date

Sep 27, 2022

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jim West

Reference

BRK23B73_117

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

29,0Mb (747,5Kb) / 8,7in x 13,0in / 2598 x 3897 (300dpi)

Keywords

Famous Place Human being Illumination Manpower Mining Museum No People North America People US-American West Virginia attraction attractions burn burning carbide lamp carbide lamps colliery culture cultures deserted display displays empty fire fires flame flames headgear headgears heat helmet helmets illuminated illuminating illuminations lamp lamps landmark light lighting lit luminary luminous material materials mine miner miners mines mining no one nobody person persons place of interest sight spotlighted sunlit tourist attraction tourist attractions tourist landmark travel photography uninhabited water waters working America American Raw material extraction Staff US-America USA United States United States of America hot labor labour labourer museum museums natural resource raw material raw materials work worker workers