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OBJECT TYPE: door
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1976.0550.008

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 8
Total Parts: 11
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Copper (possible) springs with brass (possible) bolt

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: Radio
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: 1926 TO 1956
Canada: FIRST CANADA TO GREAT BRITAIN SHORTWAVE LINK. ALL BRASS WORK WAS CUT, DRILLED TAPPED & ASSEMBLED LOCALLY ACCORDING TO WILFRED ROGER WHO STARTED WORK IN OCT. 1925(?) WITH THE MARCONI CO. IN DRUMMONDVILLE, QUEBEC.
Function: A spring used as a part of the latch mechanism of the door or gate of a large transmitter body.
Technical: ONE OF THE FIRST COMMERCIAL SW TRANSMITTERS
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None apparent
Missing: N/A
Finish: Two original springs are a reddish brown metal, and two replacement springs are a light reddish copper coloured metal. The two sets are attached together with a brass cooured bolt and nut.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Spring, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1976.0550, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1976.0550.008/

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