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- OBJECT TYPE
- MECHANICAL/ELECTRIC
- DATE
- 1906
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.1399.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Ontario, Canada
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL MECHANISM COVER & HANDLE SHANK/ EBONITE HANDLE/ WOOD BASE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 14.0 cm
- Width
- 11.7 cm
- Height
- 8.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C 1906
- Canada
-
USED IN CANADA BY CP RAIL - Function
-
A DEVICE THAT TRANSMITS CODED MESSAGES - Technical
-
ENABLED GREATER COMMUNICATION CAPABILITIES BETWEEN 2 POINTS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON FACE OF METAL COVER: 'C.P.R./ TELEGRAPH/ &/ CABLES'/ ON HANDLE SHANK: '344' - POSSIBLY COMBINATION NUMBER
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLUE ENAMEL METAL COVER, FACE OF COVER ACCENTED BY A WHITE ROPE DESIGN AROUND EDGE & ALL LETTERING IS WHITE/ SHELLACKED WOOD BASE
- Decoration
- WHITE ROPE DESIGN ON FACE/ BEVELLED WOOD BASE
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Unknown Manufacturer, Box, call, circa 1906, Artifact no. 1969.1399, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.1399.001/
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