Key, telegraph
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- OBJECT TYPE
- OPEN CIRCUIT/LEGLESS
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1983.0206.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Western Electric Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- I-95829
- 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/ COPPER SIDE ADJUSTMENT SCREWS/ EBONITE OPERATING DISC & LEVER KNOB/ MICA INSULATION WASHERS.
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
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Western Electric
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
BELONGED TO CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY - 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 'CIRCUIT CLOSER' LEVER:'WESTERN ELECTRIC'/ ON BASE: 'TELEGRAPH KEY/ AT & T CO'/ '1-95825' ON BOTTOM. INCISED MARKINGS.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- NICKEL PLATED STEEL KEY LEVER.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Western Electric Co. Ltd., Key, telegraph, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1983.0206, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1983.0206.001/
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