General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

STEEL BASE, INSET RECEIVER COILS & COVER, & INSET XMTR./ BRASS XMTR. COVER & BRACKET, SWITCH HOOK, CRANK, INSET RECEIVER BACK, & PUSH BUTTON GROMMET/ BAKELITE MOUTHPIECE, RECEIVER, CORD GROMMETS, KNOBS, & CRANK HANDLE/ COTTON COATED WIRE/ FELT COVER PAD/ RUBBER INSET XMTR. INSULA- TORS/ PLASTIC NUMBER PLATES.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

15.6 cm

Width

15.3 cm

Height

32.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Telephony

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Lorimer

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C. 1905 OR 1906 TO PROBABLY THE 1920'S.

Canada

CANADIAN DESIGNED, DEVELOPED AND BUILT. REPRESENTS A UNIQUE CANADIAN DEVELOPMENT. THE LORIMER BROS. DEVELOPED THIS IN TORONTO. 1ST SYSTEM IN CANADA WAS INSTALLED IN PETERBOROUGH IN 1906. ALSO INSTALLED IN FRANCE & ENGLAND.

Function

TO TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS/ AUTOMATIC SWITCHING SYSTEM.

Technical

UNIQUE EXAMPLE OF AN EARLY AUTOMATIC SWITCHING SYSTEM. THIS SYSTEM POINTS OUT THE NEED FOR COMPATABILITY - IT WOULD NOT WORK WITH THE STROWGER SYSTEM, &THIS ALONG WITH A LACK OF CAPITAL CAUSED THE CO. TO GO INTO RECEIVERSHIP IN 1923.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

INCISED XMTR. FRONT COVER PLATE: 'C6846'.

Missing

BELL BOX/ RECEIVER MAY NOT BE ORIGINAL

Finish

BLACK PAINTED STEEL BASE, INSET RECEIVER COVER (1 SIDE; OTHER SIDE LACQUERED), & INSET XMTR. STEEL CARBON COVER; & WOOD & BRASS CRANK HANDLE/ NICKEL PLATED BRASS; & STEEL INSET RECVR. COILS, & PARTS OF INSET XMTR./ BLUE LACQUERED STEEL INSET XMTR. CONTACT SPRINGS/ BRASS PLATED STEEL INSET XMTR. BRIDGE ASSEMBLY/ WHITE RUBBER INSULATORS/ BLACK BAKELITE (EXCEPT 1 BROWN KNOB)/ GREEN FELT PAD/ GREEN & BEIGE COTTON CORD/ WHITE PLASTIC NO. PLATES WITH BLACK NUMBERS.

Decoration

CROSS HATCHED XMTR. ADJUSTMENT KNOB.