Test set, lineman's
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1940–1949
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1975.0195.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Automatic Electric Co.
- MODEL
- WEST TEST SET 38
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN CASE WITH STEEL EDGE & CORNER PROTECTION/ ALUMINUM FRAME/ SYNTHETIC, METAL & LEATHER HANDSET/ METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS/ LEATHER CARRYING STRAP
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 24.0 cm
- Width
- 13.5 cm
- Height
- 20.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Automatic Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1945-1970
- Canada
-
USED IN CANADA - Function
-
USED BY TELEPHONE CO. LINEMEN TO COMMUNICATE WITH TESTBOARDS, PERFORM CONTINUITY TESTS, AND LOCATE CABLE FAULTS BY TONE TRACING. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR. PLATE: 'WEST TEST SET/ U.S. PATENTS/ 2,149,628 2,205,669/ 2,205,670 2,205,906/ AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC/ MP-4314-A CHICAGO 7, ILL. MADE IN U.S.A.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK GLOSS ENAMEL ON CASE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Automatic Electric Co., Test set, lineman's, circa 1940–1949, Artifact no. 1975.0195, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1975.0195.001/
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