Submarine telegraph cut-off switch
date: label: date made
content: 1871
name: label: maker
content: Gray, Elisha
label: maker
content: Western Electric
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A double throw knife switch mounted on a wooden base, five binding posts. Marked: "Western Electric Co. Chicago, Patent Jan. 17, 1871. W.U. Tel. Co." Reference: US Patent 110970, "Telegraphic Station Cut-off," issued 17 January 1871 to Elisha Gray.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Western Union International
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.329973
label: catalog number
content: 329973
label: accession number
content: 283729
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Telegraph Cut-off Switch
label: Object Name
content: submarine telegraph switch
label: Other Terms
content: Telegraph Cut-off Switch; Telegraphy
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 9 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in; 5.08 cm x 24.13 cm x 8.255 cm