The Concertina Museum: 1.2.1-027



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Item Type: Wheatstone Telegraph

Summary

Full Description: A General Post Office Wheatstone Single-Needle Telegraph,of railway origin, in large domed mahogany housing, with sloping writing slope and sturdy brass handle.
Pairs of these transmitter/receiver telegraphs were in common use on the railways of Britain from the 1840s onwards. A contemporary engraving of a similar Telegraph as used on the railways is Item NC10201-005 the Collection.

Source Catalogue No: The Concertina Museum: 1.2.1-027





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The Concertina Museum Collection

Created August 2009 by Neil Wayne
Last Modified 07 February 2012 by Neil Wayne, Chris Flint, Wes Williams

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