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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1963
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1996.0282.003

MANUFACTURER: MCCURDY RADIO INDUSTRIES LTD.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 9
AKA: Announcer turret
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CABINETS, CONTROL PANEL & MICROPHONE/ SYNTHETIC KNOBS, BUTTONS AND SWITCHES, & METER CASES; GLASS METER COVER; GLASS, SYNTHETIC AND METAL WORKING PARTS

Dimensions

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Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Radio
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: MCCURDY
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: British Columbia
Period: THIS UNIT USED BY THE DONOR BETWEEN 1963 AND 1996
Canada: PART OF THE CBC RADIO BROADCAST STUDIO INSIDE THE REGIONAL EMERGENCY GOVERNMENT HEADQUARTERS, NANAIMO, B.C. THIS WAS ONE OF 7 UNDERGROUND BUNKERS BUILT ACROSS CANADA FROM 1959-1963 TO SHELTER GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY OFFICALS, PROVIDE COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, AND ENSURE "CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT" AFTER A NUCLEAR ATTACK.
Function: Unknown
Technical: PART OF A "PACKAGED" STUDIO CONTROL SYSTEM WHICH PROVIDED, IN ONE UNIT, ALL FACILITIES REQUIRED TO OPERATE AN AM OR FM BROADCAST STATION. IT ALLOWED QUICK INSTALLATION AND FLEXIBILITY IN ROOM LAYOUT. CANADIAN MADE. TUBE TECHNOLOGY.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .2 & .3:'[MCCURDY PLATE]' PRINTING: `TALKBACK/ STUDIO SPKR./ MICROPHONE'
Missing: N/A
Finish: .2 &.3 BLUE BODY WITH POLISHED METAL SIDES; BLACK KNOBS & DIALS WITH WHITE PRINTING
Decoration: N/A

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MCCURDY RADIO INDUSTRIES LTD., Control unit, circa 1963, Artifact no. 1996.0282, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0282.003/

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