Hurricane Lamp Collection

Levant Mine, St Just in Penwith, Cornwall. 11th July 1894
Tramming with a pit pony at the 278 fathoms main tramming level. Pit ponies were rarely used in Cornwall and until they were introduced at East Pool Mine during the First World War they were unique

Mine rescuer, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Mine rescuer, between c1910 and c1915.

Hurricane Shade and Candlestick, c. 1937. Creator: Henry Meyers
Hurricane Shade and Candlestick, c. 1937

Affiche pour l "Auréole du Midi". c1900. Creator: Jules Cheret. Affiche pour l "Auréole du Midi"
Affiche pour l "Aureole du Midi". c1900. [Publisher: Imprimerie Chaix; Place: Paris]

Hurricane Shade, 1936. Creator: John Dana
Hurricane Shade, 1936

Brazil, Bahia, Chapada Diamantina, a guide in the Gruta da Lapa Doce caves in the Chapada Diamantina National Park

Storm Lamp, c. 1938. Creator: James McLellan
Storm Lamp, c. 1938

Firemans Candle Lamp, c. 1940. Creator: Raymond Manupelli
Firemans Candle Lamp, c. 1940

Lamp, c. 1938. Creator: Rex F Bush
Lamp, c. 1938

Murray and Priestley Going Down A Shaft Dug in Green Lake, c1908, (1909)
Murray and Priestley Going Down A Shaft Dug in Green Lake During the Winter, c1908, (1909). Expedition members James Murray and Raymond Priestley in an ice shaft

An Ice Cavern in the Winter. Photographed by the Light of Hurricane Lamps, c1908, (1909). Anglo-Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922) made three expeditions to the Antarctic

Fuel crisis of 1947: London offices and shops, when the lights went off as a result of the electricity cuts, carried on with varying types of illumination

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Hurricane lamps, a beacon of light in the darkness: From the Levant Mine in Cornwall, 1894, to the Gruta da Lapa Doce caves in Brazil, 1908 (or 1909), these iconic lamps have illuminated the way through the most challenging conditions. James McLellan's Storm Lamp, Raymond Manupelli's Fireman's Candle Lamp, and Rex F. Bush's Lamp, each a testament to innovation and necessity. Murray and Priestley's photograph of going down a shaft in Green Lake, and an ice cavern in the winter, beautifully captured by the warm glow of a hurricane lamp. Even during the fuel crisis of 1947, when London offices and shops went dark, the humble hurricane lamp continued to shine.