Switchboard replica
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MANUAL
- DATE
- 1970
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1970.1507.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Bell Canada
- MODEL
- HAMILTON
- LOCATION
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD BODY & PARTS/ METAL (BRASS & STEEL) SWITCHES,BELLS, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 137.0 cm
- Width
- 58.0 cm
- Height
- 208.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Bell
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- City
- Montreal
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
REPLICA OF FIRST TELEPHONE SWITCHBOARD IN SERVICEIN CANADA. - Function
-
A PANEL CONTAINING SWITCHES & INSTRUMENTS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE TELEPHONE CIRCUITS MANUALLY. - Technical
-
FIRST SWITCHBOARD IN CANADA WENT INTO OPERATION IN 1878,SAME YEAR FIRST TELEPHONE SWITCHBOARD HAD GONE INTO SERVICE IN NEW HAVEN, CONN.THE SIMPLE SWITCH USED IN HAMILTON SWITCHBOARD WAS ADEQUATE AS LONG AS THERE WERE RELATIVELY FEW CUSTOMERS MAKING USE OF IT. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BODY STAINED RED-BROWN/ MAHOGANY STAINED MOUNTS FOR BELLS, DIALS/ METALLIC & PLATED PARTS/ RED & BLACK SYNTHETIC PARTS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Bell Canada, Switchboard replica, circa 1970, Artifact no. 1970.1507, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1970.1507.001/
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