Western Union type 1-A telegraph tape transmitter
date: label: date made
content: ca 1920
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A steel-cased automatic telegraph transmitter for punched paper tape. Front cover attached with two hooks and can be removed to service the mechanism; back cover slides off to show two electromagnet coils and wiring. Lever on top unlatches feed-plate so the tape can be started. Nine contacts along the right side are set on a plastic insulator block. On-Off switch on side in center, and a lever switch actuating the mechanism is missing from the side of the front cover. Labels on side: "On Off" and "Western Union Telegraph Co. / Multiplex Transmitter 1-A / Serial No. 4126 / Patented in U.S.A. 3-25-[19]19"; stamped: "Start" and "Stop". Stamped under the base: "4126", and an ink stamping reads: N. Y. R. S. / 397638 / Inspected".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Western Union Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.332323
label: accession number
content: 294351
label: catalog number
content: 332323
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Transmitter
label: Object Name
content: telegraph transmitter
label: Other Terms
content: Transmitter; Telegraphy
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 11.43 cm x 19.05 cm x 13.97 cm