What constitutes a safe burning mining lamp? Simply put a safe burning mining lamp is one that does not cause an explosion in the presence of firedamp which is the combination of methane mixed with air. One can only imagine the kinds of dangers and vulnerabilities that coal miners throughout Wales the United Kingdom and around the world may have been exposed to in the early days of the industry. Without any protection of a naked flame exposed to the flammable gases underground an accident could be waiting to happen at anytime. This would pose disaster for the miners as accidents involving fire at such depths could be truly disastrous.
For many families in the coal mining communities, they had little choice but to allow their husbands, fathers, brothers, uncles and sons to venture into the depths each and every day in search of coal and for the sake of bread on the table. While such an industry would always carry with it certain dangers and risks, particularly in the early days before the invention of safe burning mining lamps, it was no doubt a heart wrenching time for the wives, mothers, sisters, aunties and daughters of the men who would in some ways risk their lives to provide for their family. The invention of safe burning mining lamps would help to ease at least some of the concerns for the miners and their families in terms of their safety and successful completion of a very long and hard days work.
E. Thomas and Williams Limited are specialists in the production of safe burning mining lamps to the mining world and have been in operation since the year 1860 when Mr Evan Thomas invented his very first safe burning mining lamp which would prove to be quite an improvement from the mining lamps in use at the time. Located in what was once the heart of the mining community in South Wales E. Thomas and Williams Limited produce and manufacture their quality safe burning mining lamps in the Mid Glamorgan town of Aberdare, South Wales. They are hugely proud of the legacy they carry with them which has more than 160 years of rich history. Indeed, so successful was the ‘Evan Thomas Type No. 7 Lamp’ that in 1890 lamps produced by E. Thomas and Williams won gold medals met at the London International Exhibition of Mining and Metallurgies by which time in fact Mr Evan Williams had become the sole proprietor of E. Thomas and Williams Limited following the sad death of Mr Evan Thomas a few decades previously.
Do you have an interest in quality safe burning mining lamps? If so, please do visit the website of E. Thomas and Williams Limited for more information on the company history and to find out how to best get in contact. When it comes to quality safe burning mining lamps you will be hard pressed to find a UK based company with a greater and more rich legacy than that of E. Thomas and Williams Limited.
