Key, telegraph
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- OBJECT TYPE
- LEGLESS/SHORTING SWITCH
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1993.0135.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD BASE/ METAL & SYNTHETIC KEY
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.5 cm
- Width
- 6.8 cm
- Height
- 4.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- COULD HAVE BEEN USED THROUGHOUT THE 1920'S TO 1970'S
- Canada
-
UNKNOWN - Function
-
USED TO CREATE CODE SIGNALS, USUALLY FOR TRANSMISSION VIA TELEGRAPH LAND LINES - Technical
-
TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF STANDARD LAND LINE TELEGRAPH KEY - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NO MARKINGS
- Missing
- From CA of 08/14/1996 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined
- Finish
- BASE STAINED & VARNISHED/ FRAME OF KEY PAINTED GLOSSY BLACK/ KNOBS BLACK
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Key, telegraph, after 1900, Artifact no. 1993.0135, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1993.0135.001/
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