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- OBJECT TYPE
- STEEL/DESK/AUTOMATIC/CANDLESTICK
- DATE
- 1906
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1978.0019.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Lorimer Bros. Canadian Machine Tel. Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
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.
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Lorimer Bros. Canadian Machine Tel. Co., Telephone, circa 1906, Artifact no. 1978.0019, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0019.001/
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