Key, telegraph
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- OBJECT TYPE
- LEGLESS/SINGLE CURRENT
- DATE
- 1902
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0313.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Consol Telegraph Co. ?
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- 270
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD BASE/ BRASS WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.0 cm
- Width
- 7.5 cm
- Height
- 5.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Consol
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- EARLY 1900'S, PROBABLY AFTER WWI
- Canada
-
USED BY DONOR'S FATHER - Function
-
TO TRANSMIT TELEGRAPH CODE SIGNALS. - Technical
-
TYPE SAMPLE TO SHOW VARIATIONS FROM DIFFERENT MANUFACTURERS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ENGRAVED ON BAR: 'CONSOL TELE CO./ 1902 NO 270'/ ENGRAVED ON SUPPORT:'C [WITH UP ARROW INSIDE] 1'/ CARVED ON BASE: 'C'
- Missing
- CLOSURE LEVER & POST From CA of 08/16/1996 by Kevin Machan: Yes - Missing: switch.
- Finish
- VARNISHED WOOD/ UNFINISHED METAL
- Decoration
- N/A
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Consol Telegraph Co. ?, Key, telegraph, 1902, Artifact no. 1988.0313, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0313.001/
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