General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC CASE/ BRASS & GLASS LID/ BRASS INNER CYLINDER/ METAL WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CORD COVERS/ PAPER AFFIXED TO LID TOP/FABRIC TAG

Dimensions

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

Length

N/A

Width

13.0 cm

Height

14.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Telegraphy

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

TELETYPE

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Chicago

Context

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

Period

1920'S

Canada

NIL

Function

TO 'REPEAT' SIGNALS TO UPGRADE TELEGRAPH REPEATERS FROM MORSE TO PRINTER.

Technical

SPANNED THE GAP BETWEEN THE EARLY PRINTING TELEGRAPH & THE ADVENT OF CARRIER TELEGRAPH.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

ENGRAVED ON TOP OF INNER CYLINDER: 'W.U.T. CO./ PATENTED 12-14-1915/ COMBINATION. WHEATSTONE/ RELAY 1-A/ MORKRUM CO.CHICAGO'/ PLATE ON SIDE: 'SPACING MARKING'/ HANDWRITING ON LID TOP ILLEGIBLE/ ATTACHED TAG (IN SUPP. INFO. FILE) READS IN PART: 'W.U. TEL. COL/ ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT/ APPROVED SAMPLE/ NO. 00360/ MATERIAL Combination Wheat-/ stone Relay 1-A With Relay/ Mounting 2-A/ SPECIFICATIONS 1164-B/ SUPPLIER Morkram Company'

Missing

From CA of 10/08/1996 by Kevin Machan: No - Complete

Finish

BLACK CASE/ CLEAR LACQUER ON BRASS

Decoration

BRASS PLATE ON LOWER PART OF CASE/ BEVELLED EDGE AROUND GLASS TOP