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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1846
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.0595.001
- MANUFACTURER
- DOWNING, HUGH
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- IRON
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- DOWNING
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Philadelphia
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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Unknown - Function
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Unknown - Technical
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SAMPLE OF 4-PLY IRON WIRE STRUNG WESTWARD FROM PHILADELPHIA PA. TO PITTSBURG PA., IN 1846. THIS LINE WAS OPENED FOR BUSINESS ON DEC. 29, 1846 AND WAS THE FIRST TELEGRAPH LINE IN OPERATON WESTWARD FROM PHILADELPHIA - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- From CA of 09/26/1996 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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DOWNING, HUGH, Wire sample, circa 1846, Artifact no. 1969.0595, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.0595.001/
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