Key, telegraph
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- OBJECT TYPE
- POLE CHANGER
- DATE
- 1925
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.0304.003
- MANUFACTURER
- Western Electric
- MODEL
- 2-A
- LOCATION
- United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 3
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS FRAME, SWITCH, CONNECTION POINTS & ADJUSTMENT SCREWS/ NICKEL PLATED STEEL KEY LEVER/ COPPER PIVOT SCREWS/ EBONITE BASE, OPERATING DISC & SWITCH KNOB.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.5 cm
- Width
- 9.0 cm
- Height
- 4.3 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Western Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
A DEVICE FOR OPENING OR CLOSING AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT TO TRANSMIT MESSAGES. - Technical
-
POSSIBLY PROVIDED A MORE EFFICIENT & ECONOMICAL USE OF THE BATTERY. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BACK OF KEY FRAME: 'POLE CHANGER KEY/ 2-A'/ ON LEFT SECTION OF FRAME: 'WESTERN/ ELECTRIC'.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- LACQUERED BRASS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Western Electric, Key, telegraph, circa 1925, Artifact no. 1969.0304, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.0304.003/
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