General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL BELL, ELECTRONICS CASING, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC WIRE COVERINGS

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

15.8 cm

Height

15.4 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Fire Fighting

Category

Alarms

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

SIMPLEX

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Massachusetts

City

Gardner

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1980S-1990S

Canada

AMERICAN MADE FIRE ALARM EQUIPMENT USED TO PROTECT ONE OF COLLECTION STORAGE AREAS OF NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.

Function

AUDIO DEVICE USED TO SOUND WARNING SIGNAL INDICATING PRESENCE OF FIRE.

Technical

PART OF 1980S FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM OF LARGE BUILDING, CONSISTING OF SMOKE & HEAT SENSORS, PULL-STATIONS, ALARM BELLS, NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK & SILVER LABEL ON FRONT READS "Simplex [LOGO]/ GARDNER MASS."/ LABEL ON EDGE READS "Simplex [LOGO]/ DOWNSVIEW/ ONTARIO" & "TYPE NO. 4080-C5/ AMPS 0.11 VOLTS 24/ HZ DC 26979"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

PAINTED GLOSSY RED/ PLATED BUTTON/ METALLIC BACK/ RED & BLACK WIRE COVERINGS

Decoration

N/A