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Fletch

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I doubt anyone does... LOL So I was digging through some boxes and came across one of my Dad's carbide lamps... He was a coal miner back in the day in Western PA. And these were their source of light when working down in the mine.. He also used it when walking his trap line. Man if they were still around to see today's lights... These functioned by putting carbide in them with a few drops of water. This would produce a gas that would come out the nozzle and then be lit...

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Fletch

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"J" said:
Remember them also. No coal miners in the family that I grew up with, but plenty of railroaders among them.... They used them as well if I remember right...
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J.... I'm sure railroaders used them, as lights as we know them were none existent... Today's lights are amazing... But back then they made do with what they had... Heck my Dad and another guy got buried in a mine cave in... When it started comming down they ducked under a railroad car... Back then they had no fancy drilling equipment to get them out... They used dynamite to blow the side of the hill off... My Dad said with every charge they set off the ground would shake... Any one of them blasts could have killed them... I have the newspaper article framed...
 
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Clay Showalter

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Fletch said:
J.... I'm sure railroaders used them, as lights as we know them were none existent... Today's lights are amazing... But back then they made do with what they had... Heck my Dad and another guy got buried in a mine cave in... When it started comming down they ducked under a railroad car... Back then they had no fancy drilling equipment to get them out... They used dynamite to blow the side of the hill off... My Dad said with every charge they set off the ground would shake... Any one of them blasts could have killed them... I have the newspaper article framed...
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Wow what a story, post a picture of the article I would love to read it. People are not a tough as they used to be. Back then you had no choice.
 
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Here you go J, not certain where the other buckles are at the moment.
 

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Clay Showalter

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"J" said:
Could you imagine the look on our grandfathers faces if they saw the BS that goes on today?
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No my grandfather, who was from Ohio was a tough old guy, he milked cows by hand for 20 years, if he grabbed you by the arm because you were in trouble it would feel like he was going to snap your arm in two. Used to get after my cousin with a horse whip. Damn I miss him.
 
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Big Weff cool pics.. Thanks for sharing.. I'm sure if they could only talk they would tell some great stories..
 
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Clay Showalter said:
Wow what a story, post a picture of the article I would love to read it. People are not a tough as they used to be. Back then you had no choice.
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I love history, I swear 90% of the men today couldn’t last a week if they lived a 100 years ago. Hell I don’t know if I could.
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Clay... You got that right... The now generation wants everything handed to them on a silver platter... I agree with you on the history issue... It's so great to go back in time..
 
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