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- OBJECT TYPE
- TRANSMITTING
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1990.0020.004
- MANUFACTURER
- LIONEL CORP.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- New York, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 4
- Total Parts
- 5
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD BASE/ METAL & SYNTHETIC KEY & WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 25.0 cm
- Width
- 16.5 cm
- Height
- 5.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- LIONEL
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- New York
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Northwest Territories
- Period
- LATE 1930s & EARLY 1940s
- Canada
-
DESIGNED, BUILT & USED IN CANADA BY HBC PERSONNEL IN POSTS ACROSS CANADA. - Function
-
TO TRANSMIT MORSE CODE AT 4455 KHZ FREQUENCY FOR COMMUNICATIONS FROM REMOTE HBC POSTS. - Technical
-
SPECIAL DESIGN FOR THE HBC FOR USE IN REMOTE LOCATIONS WITH NO HYDRO POWER & WHERE EXTREME RELIABILITY AND SIMPLE MAINTENANCE WERE REQUIRED. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ‘THE LIONEL CORPORATION, N.Y. J-38/ TEL/ LINE'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- VARNISHED WOOD BASE; BLACK KEY BASE & KEY KNOB
- Decoration
- N/A
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LIONEL CORP., Key, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1990.0020, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1990.0020.004/
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