Test cabinet, telephone
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- OBJECT TYPE
- COMMON BATTERY EXCHANGE
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0147.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Northern Electric
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN CABINET/ METAL INNER MOUNTING FRAME/ SYNTHETIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 74.0 cm
- Width
- 41.0 cm
- Height
- 57.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Northern Electric
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Québec
- City
- Montréal
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1930-1950
- Canada
-
MFG. IN CANADA - Function
-
USED TO TEST SUBSCRIBERS LINES FOR TROUBLES AND ANALIZE FOR LOCATION OF TROUBLE TO ASSIST THE TELEPHONE REPAIRMAN - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF EARLY CENTRAL OFFICE TEST FACILITIES - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON METER: 'WESTON/ WESTON ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT CO./ NEWARK, N.J., U.S.A.'/ ON METER FACE: '[CALIBRATED '0' TO '120']/ MILLIAMPERES/ KS 1366/ MODEL 57 NO. 110328'/ [SEE PATENT REF]'
- Missing
- HANDSETBRACKET/ INDICATOR LAMP, TOP CENTER/ DESIGNATION PLATES MISSING FROM TICKET SLOTS
- Finish
- CABINET: HARDWOOD WITH CLEAR STAIN/ BLACK ENAMEL METER CASE WITH BLACK ON WHITE CALIBRATION/ BLACK ENAMEL TICKET SLOTS/ BLACK, ORANGE & WHITE KEYS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Northern Electric, Test cabinet, telephone, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1968.0147, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1968.0147.001/
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