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- OBJECT TYPE
- PBX/MANUAL/NON-MULTIPLE/FLOOR
- DATE
- 1955
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0372.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Northern Electric
- MODEL
- 555
- LOCATION
- Canada
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METAL, WOOD, PLASTIC, FIBRE COVERING ON CORDS/.2 METAL, SYNTHETIC/ ENAMELLED FACE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 75.0 cm
- Width
- 74.7 cm
- Height
- 117.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Northern Electric
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- USED FROM C.1955 TO 1985
- Canada
-
THIS SWITCHBOARD WAS USEDTO SERVE THE OFFICES OF THE PRIME MINISTER/ IT IS AN EXAMPLE OF A SWITCHBOARD MADE IN CANADA & IN COMMON USE IN CANADIAN SYSTEMS - Function
-
USED TO PROVIDE TELEPHONE SERVICE IN LARGE OFFICES & ORGANIZATIONS BEFORE THE ADVENT OF CENTREX & OTHER FULLY AUTOMATIC OFFICE SWITCHING SYSTEMS, OR WHERE IT WAS DESIRABLE TO HAVE AN OPERATOR CONTROL ALL CALLS - Technical
-
THIS MODEL USES PLUG-IN SYSTEM OF CORD CIRCUITS - DIFFERENT FROM ANY PREVIOUS BOARD; ALLOWED FOR EASY ADDITION OR REMOVAL TO ADJUST FOR CHANGES IN TRAFFIC LEVELS, ALSO ASSISTS IN MAINTENANCE/ ON 2-POSITION SWITCHBOARDS LONGER THAN NORMAL CORDS WERE PROVIDED SO ONE OPERATOR COULD CONNECT TO ANY JACK ON EITHER POSITION - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 VARIOUS HANDWRITTEN & TYPED LABELS AROUND JACKS - MK'D WITH NAMES & TELEPHONE NUMBERS/ DYMOTAPE LABEL 'POS 1.0'/ AROUND VARIOUS KNOBS & BUTTONS IMPRINTED 'BUZZ/ OFF/ ON', 'BAT/ OFF/ ON', 'SPLIT/ YES NO'/.2 IN MIDDLE OF DIAL HANDWRITTEN 'POSITION/ #1'/ SLIGHTLY RAISED ALONG EDGE '44B'
- Missing
- .2 HAS PIECES CHIPPED OUT OF EDGE (ONE PIECE ATTACHED IN BAG, REST MISSING)
- Finish
- .1 FRONT OF BOARD & SHELF ARE BLACK; PLUGS, LIGHT ETC. ARE VARIOUS COLOURS, ESPECIALLY RED, WHITE & ORANGE/ TOP, SIDES & BACK HAVE CLEAR FINISH OVER LIGHT WOOD GRAIN/.2 BLACK WITH WHITE DIAL FACE & BLACK MKGS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Northern Electric, Switchboard, circa 1955, Artifact no. 1996.0372, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0372.001/
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