General Information

Serial #

4790

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CAST IRON BASE/ BRASS & OTHER METAL WORKING PARTS/ PAPER ROLL/ SYNTHETIC DOME

Dimensions

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

Length

N/A

Width

20.7 cm

Height

32.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Telegraphy

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Edison

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

STOCK 'TICKERS' WERE USED FROM 1870'S WELL INTO 20C. THIS IS A LATE MODEL OF THE SELF-WINDING TICKER.

Canada

MAY HAVE BEEN USED IN CANADA AS THIS TYPE USED HERE. UNIT ACQUIRED CA. 1966 BY CGEC FOR CENTENNTIAL TRAIN. NO SOURCE INFO.

Function

TO RECEIVE SIGNALS, CONVERT THEM, & PRINT, ON PAPER TAPE, GOLD & OTHERSTOCK MARKET QUOTATIONS SENT FROM A CENTRAL DISTRIBUTION POINT.

Technical

AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF A SPECIFIC LINE OF TELEGRAPH COMMUNICATION. THIS MODEL IS PERHAPS THE THIRD GENERATION OF TICKERS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PAINTED AROUND BASE OUTSIDE: 'QUOTATIONS FURNISHED BY THE/ WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO./ APPLY TO LOCAL MANAGER./ PATENTED MARCH 17[?]3'/ STAMPED ON MECHANISM: '4790/ [?] BY/ [?]ON, INC.'/ STAMPED ON SMALL PLATE: '35 A'

Missing

PLUG/ DOME NOT ORIGINAL From CA of 11/05/1996 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined

Finish

BLACK PAINTED BASE WITH GOLD LETTERING/ NATURAL FINISH ON MECHANISM.

Decoration

N/A