Telephone, field
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- OBJECT TYPE
- RAIL
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0430.001
- MANUFACTURER
- NORTHERN ELECTRIC CO. LTD.
- MODEL
- FX
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASE WITH FABRIC STRAP/ SYNTHETIC HANDSET/ METAL & SYNTHETIC PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 21.0 cm
- Width
- 13.0 cm
- Height
- 24.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Operations
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- NORTHERN ELECTRIC
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
EQUIPMENT USED BY CANADIAN RAILWAY TRACK EMPLOYEES TO MAINTAIN TRACKS OF CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS, CANADA'S ONLY SURVIVING NATIONAL RAILWAY. CNR WAS FORMED IN 1919 FROM EXISTING CANADIAN RAILWAYS TAKEN OVER OR OWNED BY CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. - Function
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USED BY TRAIN CREWS TO SEND & RECIEVE TELEPHONE MESSAGES FROM REMOTE LOCATIONS, FOR INSTANCE IN EVENT OF BREAKDOWN. - Technical
-
PRIOR TO THE WIDESPREAD USE OF CELLULAR PHONES, PORTABLE TELEPHONE HANDSETS WERE IMPORTANT COMMUNICATION DEVICE IN EVENT OF EMERGENCY ON TRAINS. THEY REPLACED PORTABLE TELEGRAPH HAND SETS (SEE SUPP. INFO. 1996.0520). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- RAISED LETTERING ON HANDSET READS "Northern Electric/ FX/ COMPANY LIMITED"
- Missing
- UNKNOWN
- Finish
- TEXTURED GREY PAINTED CASE EXTERIOR WITH BROWN STRAP, METALLIC INTERIOR/ BLACK HANDSET & CORD/MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC PARTS
- Decoration
- N/A
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NORTHERN ELECTRIC CO. LTD., Telephone, field, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2001.0430, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0430.001/
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