General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

BRASS HANDLE, BACK OF DIAL PLATE, ROTARY DIAL & FINGER STOP/ STEEL DIAL, RECEIVER & TRANSMITTER BASES, TRANSMITTER & RECEIVER COVERS & INSET TRANSMITTER WASHER/ COPPER RECEIVER & TRANSMITTER RIMS/ BAKELITERECEIVER COVER & PUSH BUTTON/ WOOD INSET TRANSMITTER WASHER/ COTTON WRAPPED WIRE/ CERAMIC LETTER PLATE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

23.0 cm

Width

7.0 cm

Height

8.2 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Telephony

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Automatic Telephone

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

CIRCA 1920'S

Canada

MADE AND USED IN CANADA

Function

FOR USE BY LINEMEN IN BRIDGING ONTO A TELEPHONE CIRCUIT

Technical

AS DIAL SYSTEMS SPREAD, IT WAS NECESSARY FOR THE REPAIRMAN TO HAVE A SET THAT COULD BE PLUGGED IN ANYWHERE IN THE SYSTEM TO TEST SWITCHES AND CIRCUITS. THIS IS AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF SUCH A SET WITH A BUILT-IN DIAL. OFFICIALLY CALLED A "SET, HAND, TEST" THEY WERE COMMONLY KNOWN AS "BUTT-INS".

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PAINTED IN BLACK ON CERAMIC PLATE IS:'AUTOMATIC/ TEL. MFG. CO./ OF/ CANADA LTD.'/ ENGRAVED IN BRASS ROTARY DIAL IS:'PAT. 13/ 148812.'/ STAMPED IN RED PAINT ON TRANSMITTER BASE IS:'3K.2040-B'/ GLUED PAPER LABELS READ:'105' & '5'

Missing

ORIGINAL CLIPS

Finish

NICKEL PLATED BRASS/ STEEL PAINTED BLACK ENAMEL EXCEPT FOR INSET TRANSMITTER WASHER/ DIAL PLATE PAINTED WHITE WITH BLACK LETTERS/ BLACK ENAMELED COPPER

Decoration

N/A