General Information

Serial #

C 63

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD/ COPPER WIRE COIL/ IRON CORE/ SHEET METAL DIAPHRAPM

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

15.8 cm

Width

7.2 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Telephony

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Williams

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

According to the donor, this telephone belonged to Mr. J.T. Townsend, the donor's great grandfather. The donor reported that Townsend worked for the Great North-Western (or Dominion) Telegraph Co. in Paris, Ontario at the time Alexander Graham Bell was doing his telephone tests from Brantford. Bell did use the wires of the Dominion Telegraph Co. for his long distance field trials between Brantford, Paris and Mount Pleasant in August 1876. It has not been possible, however, to confirm any connection between Townsend, Bell and Brantford in documentary sources. Evidence exists of a J.T. Townsend employed as Inspector or Travelling Superintendant for the Montreal Telegraph Co. at their Toronto office in 1871 and from1875 to 1882 [Lovell's Canadian Dominion Directory for 1871, p. 855; Toronto Directory for 1875 - 1882] and for the Great North-Western Telegraph Co., also in Toronto, in 1884 [Canadian Electrical News, March 31, 1884, p. 4], but there is no evidence of his employment by the Dominion Telegraph Co. The Montreal Telegraph Co. is listed as a telephone subscriber in the directory for the Toronto Telephone Despatch Co. (August 1879), so it is possible that this hand telephone was once used in the Montreal Telegraph Co. office.

Function

USED AS BOTH TRANSMITTER & RECEIVER

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

'C63' & 'Pat. Applied For' STAMPED INTO WOOD

Missing

none

Finish

WOOD STAINED & VARNISHED

Decoration

N/A