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Detector, Gas

Object number2016.104.3

Manufacturer Daystrom Incorporated

Manufacturer Eagle Lock Corporation

Manufacturer Mine Safety Appliances Company

OriginBraddock, PA

OriginPittsburgh, PA

OriginTerryville, CT

MediumMetal; Paint; Plastic; Canvas; Rubber; String

Credit LineGift of Patricia Donati

DescriptionPermissible methane detector. Rectangular metal unit painted black. Unit is divided in two sections, attached with one latch on each short side and hinge along back. Top of unit has semi-circular plastic window on front revealing methane gage.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (Unit only): 9.5 × 5.5 × 3 in. (24.1 × 14 × 7.6 cm)
Length (electrical cord): 34 in. (86.4 cm)
InscriptionsWindow has handwritten text at bottom center “1.50”.
MarksInside window has methane gage with measurements along top of gage from 1 to 5 and along bottom of gage from 0 to 2.0.

Gage has black text at top “DAYSTROM. INCORPORATED WESTON INSTRUMENTS DIV.”

Inside unit has two black knobs, one has white text “A” and other has white text “B”, and a toggle switch with “5” at front and “2” at back.

Back of unit has black and silver metal plate at bottom with text “PERMISSIBLE METHANE DETECTOR / Indicating Type / [U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines seal] / Approval No. 805 / issued to the / Mine Safety Appliances Co. / CAUTION: … / TYPE / W8 / U.S. PATENT NOS. / 2114383 / 2244366 / SERIAL NO. / 5742 / Mine Safety [MSA logo] Appliances Co. / BRADDOCK, THOMAS AND MEADE STS., PITTSBURGH, PA. / MADE IN U. S. A.”

Engraved text on each lock latch “EAGLE LOCK CORP. / TERRYVILLE / CONN. / MADE IN U.S.A.”

Text numerous places on the electrical plug “CANNON”.
Historical NotesPart of a collection of items related to Jennings Daniel Breedon's career as a coal miner and mine inspector throughout Appalachia. Jennings Daniel Breedon was born in Richwood, West Virginia in 1927. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 into 1946. After his military service he started work at the Cherry River Coal Company as a miner from June through September of 1946. He left to attend school, but by the fall of 1947 he was back in the mines, this time at the Imperial Smokeless Coal Company, also in West Virginia. He left because of a lack of work and started work at the Johnstown Coal and Coke Company in their Nettie, West Virginia mine. There he worked his way up to a General Mine Foreman and in 1962 he left to work for the Bureau of Mines as a mine inspector. He started out inspecting mines near Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, from 1962 until around 1970. Then he transferred to Monroeville, Pennsylvania, and worked for the Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration (became Mining Safety and Health Administration) until 1982. Then he was transferred to Kentucky for about six years. Afterwards he returned to the Monroeville area to finish out his career. Jennings Breedon is the donor Patricia Donati's father

Previous owner Jennings Daniel Breedon

Related institution United States Bureau of Mines

Related institution Imperial Smokeless Coal Company

Related institution Cherry River Coal Company

Related institution Johnstown Coal and Coke Company

Related institution Mine Safety and Health Administration

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