Combination set, telegraph
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- OBJECT TYPE
- LINEMAN'S SET
- DATE
- 1860
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.1432.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Caton
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Illinois, 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
- BAKELITE (?) CASE/ BRASS HARDWARE/ FRENCH IVORYKNOBS/ BRASS & STEEL WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.5 cm
- Width
- 5.7 cm
- Height
- 3.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Caton
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY THE 1860'S & 1870'S
- Canada
-
NIL BUT WITH A VERY INTERESTING HISTORICAL CONNECTION IN U.S. - Function
-
TO SEND & RECEIVE MORSE CODE MESSAGES BY TELEGRAPH LINES. - Technical
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF AN EARLY TELEGRAPH SET. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON BRASS: 'CATON/ OTTAWA ILL'/ PAPER LABEL AFFIXED TO LID TOP READS: 'NO 3/ NRC #6'
- Missing
- SOME CHIPS OFF RIM OF CASE From CA of 08/22/1996 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined
- Finish
- DARK BROWN (POSSIBLY ORIGINALLY BLACK) CASE
- Decoration
- TOP & BOTTOM OF CASE INCISED WITH CROSS-HATCHING TO FORM SMALL DIAMOND SHAPES/ OVAL-SHAPED CASE
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