Lid
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1851–1872
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2003.0387.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Caton
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- hard brown rubber
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.5 cm
- Width
- 5.6 cm
- Height
- 1.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Caton
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- This type of key used mid-1800s, and possibly later. Dates of use for this key are unknown.
- Canada
-
Lid for combination telegraph set belonging to John Thomas Townsend (donor's great-grandfather), who worked for the Montreal Telegraph Co. and later the Great North-Western Telegraph Co.. - Function
-
To help contain and protect contents of case. - Technical
-
Caton Instrument Shop was associated with the Illinois and Mississippi Telegraph Co., of which John Dean Caton was the president. Telegraph set is a fine example of a lineman's set from this period, and consists of a miniature key and relay housed in a hard rubber case. It could be carried in the pocket, and allowed the user to tap into a telegraph line in the field. (Ref.1) Donor was told by his father that John Thomas Townsend used this set so he could climb a telegraph pole and tap into the line. Donor's father John William Durand Townsend (1899-1985/6) created hole in case and lid ends c. 1908-12 in order to run wire into it. (Ref. 3) - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- No markings evident.
- Missing
- Appears complete. Small area of loss in raised edge bordering key.
- Finish
- Oval-shaped brown hard rubber case lid has smooth sides; fine cross-hatched pattern on top; smooth oval "insert" positioned in centre of lid exterior; smooth interior surface.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Caton, Lid, between 1851–1872, Artifact no. 2003.0387, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2003.0387.002/
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