Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

C 63

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

WOOD/ COPPER WIRE COIL/ IRON CORE/ SHEET METAL DIAPHRAPM

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

15,8 cm

Largeur

7,2 cm

Hauteur

S/O

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Communications

Catégorie

Téléphonie

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Williams

Pays

United States of America

État/province

Inconnu

Ville

Inconnu

Contexte

Pays

Inconnu

État/province

Inconnu

Période

Inconnu

Canada

According to the donor, this telephone belonged to Mr. J.T. Townsend, the donor's great grandfather. The donor reported that Townsend worked for the Great North-Western (or Dominion) Telegraph Co. in Paris, Ontario at the time Alexander Graham Bell was doing his telephone tests from Brantford. Bell did use the wires of the Dominion Telegraph Co. for his long distance field trials between Brantford, Paris and Mount Pleasant in August 1876. It has not been possible, however, to confirm any connection between Townsend, Bell and Brantford in documentary sources. Evidence exists of a J.T. Townsend employed as Inspector or Travelling Superintendant for the Montreal Telegraph Co. at their Toronto office in 1871 and from1875 to 1882 [Lovell's Canadian Dominion Directory for 1871, p. 855; Toronto Directory for 1875 - 1882] and for the Great North-Western Telegraph Co., also in Toronto, in 1884 [Canadian Electrical News, March 31, 1884, p. 4], but there is no evidence of his employment by the Dominion Telegraph Co. The Montreal Telegraph Co. is listed as a telephone subscriber in the directory for the Toronto Telephone Despatch Co. (August 1879), so it is possible that this hand telephone was once used in the Montreal Telegraph Co. office.

Fonction

USED AS BOTH TRANSMITTER & RECEIVER

Technique

Inconnu

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

'C63' & 'Pat. Applied For' STAMPED INTO WOOD

Manque

none

Fini

WOOD STAINED & VARNISHED

Décoration

S/O