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Station Telegraph Office Equipment Lot Withrow Minnesota Railroad Depot SOO LINE
Station Telegraph Office Equipment Lot Withrow Minnesota Railroad Depot SOO LINE
Station Telegraph Office Equipment Lot Withrow Minnesota Railroad Depot SOO LINE
Station Telegraph Office Equipment Lot Withrow Minnesota Railroad Depot SOO LINE
Station Telegraph Office Equipment Lot Withrow Minnesota Railroad Depot SOO LINE
Station Telegraph Office Equipment Lot Withrow Minnesota Railroad Depot SOO LINE
Station Telegraph Office Equipment Lot Withrow Minnesota Railroad Depot SOO LINE
Station Telegraph Office Equipment Lot Withrow Minnesota Railroad Depot SOO LINE
Station Telegraph Office Equipment Lot Withrow Minnesota Railroad Depot SOO LINE
Station Telegraph Office Equipment Lot Withrow Minnesota Railroad Depot SOO LINE
Station Telegraph Office Equipment Lot Withrow Minnesota Railroad Depot SOO LINE

Station Telegraph Office Equipment Lot Withrow Minnesota Railroad Depot SOO LINE

$ 118.8

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
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    Description

    Station Telegraph Office Equipment Lot Withrow Minnesota Railroad Depot SOO LINE
    This telegraph equipment all came from a relative of a  station agent who worked at the Withrow Minnesota Soo Line Railroad  depot.
    4 pieces of equipment
    1. Signal electric co or "Menominee" key and sounder (could be Bunnell) ,  20 Ohms stamped in wood  base
    2. Adjustable neck microphone used by telephone switchboard operators,
    3.  Western electric 60 ap signaling apparatus box sounder (heavy glass domed device)
    It is a  "call" device. These were used on telephone lines to "ring" only one office. A series ofelectrical pulses was sent along the wire (with each pulse, the polarityflip-flopped) and the little wheel spun around and then ratcheted into place.Only the office with the correct numbered device would "lock" and then ring a telephone bell or buzzer to alert the operator that a call was waiting .Basically the precursor to"being put on hold.
    4. Telegraph sounder,(WU Telegraph Co inspected stamp on bottom)
    You can see in my last photo, that I  took apart the adjustable neck microphone, I thought it safer shipping that way.
    All  pieces in used, but decent condition, no broken parts that I noticed, glass dome in nice condition. I don't know much about telegraph stuff(just what I have been told about it) , it is untested and therefore.......
    SOLD AS IS
    Please email with any questions prior to buying.
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