Key, telegraph
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SUBMARINE/DOUBLE LEVER/CABLE
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1978.0388.001
- MANUFACTURER
- MUIRHEAD & CO. LTD.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Westminster, England
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General Information
- Serial #
- 37840
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS CONSTRUCTION/ STEEL PIVOT SHANKS/ EBONITE OPERATING DISCS & BASE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.2 cm
- Width
- 11.6 cm
- Height
- 6.1 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- MUIRHEAD
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Westminster
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
A DEVICE FOR OPENING OR CLOSING AN ELECTRIC CURRENT TO TRANSMIT MESSAGES ON SUBMARINE CABLES. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON FRONT EDGE: 'MUIRHEAD & CO. LTD. WESTMINISTER'/ ON BACKEDGE: 'NO. 37840'. INCISED MARKINGS/ COTC LABEL '9401' AFFIXED TO BASE TOP/ PT case marked "Cable Code Key/ Sending Key/ C.O.T.C. 9401" & COTC/ 9401", by hand, in black marker.
- Missing
- From CA of 08/19/1996 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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MUIRHEAD & CO. LTD., Key, telegraph, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1978.0388, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0388.001/
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