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- OBJECT TYPE
- PBX/MANUAL/NON-MULTIPLE/FLOOR
- DATE
- 1955
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0371.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Northern Electric
- MODEL
- 555
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, WOOD, PLASTIC, FIBRE COVERING ON CORDS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 74.7 cm
- Width
- 74.5 cm
- Height
- 117.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Northern Electric
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- USED FROM C.1955 TO 1985
- Canada
-
THIS SWITCHBOARD WAS USED TO SERVE THE OFFICES OF THE PRIME MINISTER/ IT IS AN EXAMPLE OF A SWITCHBOARD MADE IN CANADA & IN COMMON USE INCANADIAN SYSTEMS - Function
-
USED TO PROVIDE TELEPHONE SERVICE IN LARGE OFFICES & ORGANIZATIONS BEFORE THE ADVENT OF CENTREX & OTHER FULLY AUTOMATIC OFFICE SWITCHING SYSTEMS, OR WHERE IT WAS DESIRABLE TO HAVE AN OPERATOR CONTROL ALL CALLS - Technical
-
THIS MODEL USES PLUG-IN SYSTEM OF CORD CIRCUITS - DIFFERENT FROM ANY PREVIOUS BOARD; ALLOWED FOR EASY ADDITION OR REMOVAL TO ADJUST TO CHANGES IN TRAFFIC LEVELS, ALSO ASSISTS IN MAINTENANCE/ ON 2-POSITION SWITCHBOARDS LONGER THAN NORMAL CORDS WERE PROVIDED SO ONE OPERATOR COULD CONNECT TO ANY JACK ON EITHER POSITION - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- VARIOUS NAMES HANDWRITTEN OR TYPED ON LABELS BY JACKS/ DYMOTAPE LABEL READS '2. 100'/ IMPRINTED ABOVE & BELOW KEYS 'SPLIT/ YES NO', 'BAT/ OFF/ ON' & ON KEY 'INCREASE/ BUZZER'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- FRONT OF BOARD & SHELF ARE BLACK; PLUGS, LIGHTS ETC. VARIOUS COLOURS, ESPECIALLY RED, WHITE & ORANGE/ TOP, SIDES & BACK HAVE CLEAR FINISH OVER LIGHT WOOD GRAIN
- Decoration
- N/A
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Northern Electric, Switchboard, circa 1955, Artifact no. 1996.0371, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0371.001/
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