Key, telegraph
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- OBJECT TYPE
- OPEN CIRCUIT/LEGLESS
- DATE
- 1910
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1974.0354.001
- MANUFACTURER
- MANHATTAN ELECTRICAL SUPPLY CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- 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
- BRASS BASE, 'CIRCUIT CLOSER' LEVER, ADJUSTMENT SCREWS & BINDING POSTS/ NICKEL PLATED STEEL KEY LEVER/ NICKEL PLATED COPPER STRIP/ EBONITE OPERATING DISC & LEVER KNOB.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 13.0 cm
- Width
- 7.0 cm
- Height
- 3.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- MESCO
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C. 1910 TO 1965
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
A DEVICE FOR OPENING OR CLOSING AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT TO TRANSMIT MESSAGES. - Technical
-
ELIMINATED BATTERY WASTE WHEN TRANSMISSIONS WERE NOT BEING MADE, WITHOUT CLOSING INCOMING MESSAGE TRANSFERENCE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON BASE: 'MESCO' INCISED.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- NICKEL PLATED STEEL KEY LEVER/ NICKEL PLATED COPPER STRIP
- Decoration
- N/A
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MANHATTAN ELECTRICAL SUPPLY CO., Key, telegraph, circa 1910, Artifact no. 1974.0354, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1974.0354.001/
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