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- TYPE D’OBJET
- Electric/Exterior
- DATE
- Inconnu
- NUMÉRO DE L’ARTEFACT
- 1971.0445.001
- FABRICANT
- American Fire Alarm Telegraph
- MODÈLE
- cottage style
- EMPLACEMENT
- Inconnu
Plus d’information
Renseignements généraux
- Nº de série
- S/O
- Nº de partie
- 1
- Nombre total de parties
- 1
- Ou
- S/O
- Brevets
- S/O
- Description générale
- Metal
Dimensions
Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.
- Longueur
- 56,0 cm
- Largeur
- 39,5 cm
- Hauteur
- 19,0 cm
- Épaisseur
- S/O
- Poids
- S/O
- Diamètre
- S/O
- Volume
- S/O
Lexique
- Groupe
- Lutte contre les incendies
- Catégorie
- Alarmes
- Sous-catégorie
- S/O
Fabricant
- Ou
- American Fire
- Pays
- Inconnu
- État/province
- Inconnu
- Ville
- Inconnu
Contexte
- Pays
- Inconnu
- État/province
- Inconnu
- Période
- Inconnu
- Canada
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Type of device which started to be used in urban Canada at the time, to alert firefighters in a fire department, of the presence of a fire in the neighbourhood where the alarm box was situated. Must have come from one of Canada's major cities. - Fonction
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To rapidly transmit an alarm of fire to a firefighting force. - Technique
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Replaced the use of bells and the human voice (shouting) to alert firemen about the existence of fires all while divulging their location. The first practical fire alarm system was developed in Boston in 1852, by Dr. William Channing and Moses Farmer. It worked on the principal of telegraphy: a signal was sent long distances over wires, by electric transmission. "In the first boxes, a notched code wheel was turned by a crank handle in the front of the box. Then, it evolved with a spring-driven, clockwork-type mechanism which drove the code wheel when activated by a lever." Boxes were put on a pedestal or telephone pole at a street corner. Early boxes were locked with keys which were given to the citizens and policemen who had the responsibility of pulling the lever in the event of a fire. In 1875 a model was made that did not need a key. In 1922, the quick-action door was put on the market. There are two main components that make up this kind of fire alarm system: the telegraph mechanism, located on a street corner, and the alarm apparatus (gongs and indicators), located inside a fire department's Headquarters. One-way communication between the telegraph and alarm system was made possible by linking both boxes with aerial and/or ground-level wires. Central station equipment would receive the signal, revealing the location of the fire, and would proceed to notify the firehouse nearest to the fire by transmitting another signal to their alarm box. - Notes sur la région
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Inconnu
Détails
- Marques
- Stamped in pediment '1867#'/ Stamped on door in white raised lettering 'AMERICAN FIRE ALARM [in an arc]/ TELEGRAPH/ STATION/ 4'. Sticker on top of box reads: "KING'S TRANSFER VAN LINES INC./ KING OF THE MOVERS/ 287 ELEANOR ST. MONTREAL 3, QUE. TEL. 932-2957/ NAME/ FLOOR/ ROOM/ LOCATION/ DMB [written with marker]"
- Manque
- S/O
- Fini
- Red, gable roof type/ Screws in 3 corners of pediment support pipes at top and bottom. Top one is threaded inside.
- Décoration
- S/O
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American Fire Alarm Telegraph, Avertisseur, Date inconnue, Numéro de l'artefact 1971.0445, Ingenium - Musées des sciences et de l'innovation du Canada, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/fr/id/1971.0445.001/
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