Telegraph, ship
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1971.0688.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Chadburns (Ship) Telegraph Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, SS/N
- LOCATION
- Liverpool, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALL METAL CONSTRUCTION; PREDOMINATELY BRASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 32.0 cm
- Width
- 26.0 cm
- Height
- 124.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Marine Transportation
- Category
- Communications
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Chadburn
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Liverpool
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1915-1968
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TRANSMITS COMMANDS ABOUT SPEED & DIRECTION FROM PILOT HOUSE TO ENGINE ROOM. WHEN THE HANDLE ON THE BRIDGE IS MOVED, A BELL RINGS - THE BELL IS SILENCED WHEN THE ENGINE ROOM TELEGRAPH IS MOVED TO THE SAME POSITION. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- FOLLOWING INFO. INCISED ON SHIP'S TELEGRAPH: 'CHADBURNS/ (SHIP)/ TELEGRAPH/ COY/ LTD/ LIVERPOOL'/ '31' INCISED BELOW, ON STAND/ '96440' INCISED ON RIGHT SIDE OF STAND/ ALSO INCISED ON SHIPS TELEGRAPH ARE DESIGNATIONS 'AHEAD', 'ASTERN', 'FULL', 'HALF', 'SLOW', 'STANDBY', 'STOP', 'FINISHED/ WITH/ ENGINES', 'SLOW', 'HALF' & 'FULL'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- SECTION OF CONTROL ARM PAINTED WHITE/ FACE BLACK WITH WHITE TEXT/ STAND, CASING & HAND GRIPS ALL LACQUERED BRASS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Chadburns (Ship) Telegraph Co. Ltd., Telegraph, ship, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1971.0688, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1971.0688.001/
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