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October 1908. Digging coal by machinery at the Brown Mine in West Virginia. Note open-flame headlamps. View full size. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine.
Davy lamps had their drawbacks. We've covered the subject here.
Seems odd that they were not using a Davy lamp, given that it was invented in 1815:
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