Peg switch for submarine telegraph system
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Switch block used in the testing of submarine cable systems. Has six brass blocks mounted on the base. The blocks are spaced such that by inserting shorting pegs, connections can be completed between the sections. Three pegs are included. Paper labels taped on the base and one brass section read A through F.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from the French Cable Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.336819
label: catalog number
content: 336819
label: accession number
content: 1978.2346
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Switch
label: Object Name
content: telegraph switch
label: Other Terms
content: Switch; Telegraphy
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 9 in x 14 in; 12.7 cm x 22.86 cm x 35.56 cm