Telephone Switching Equipment
Object detail
Accession number
1985.64
Description
Strowger - Keith Line type. Grey metal frame with glass panels. electrical components and wires mounted to wooden base, light bulb sockets at top of unit, loose metal door/panel with glass window rests on top of unit. Has separate unit mounted on top, running right across the case, but only one board deep - a connection board. Opening from both sides via full-length double glass doors - each door has "52,000" painted on its top. The sides have "024B" written on them; one side has a wooden panel marked 'Emergency Control' - 2 conventional light switches remain. Such equipment installed in Auckland/Christchurch in 1919. This particular unit transferred to Wanganui 1925. Rotary Exchange Hardware.
Marks
.024A, 52000 Printed
527L TRUNK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 / IS SWITCH 34 34 34 34 _ 46 _ 46 46 46 / IN SECTION 1 2 3 4 _ 6 _ 8 9 10' '527R TRUNK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 / IS SWITCH 47 35 47 35 _ 35 _ 35 47 35 / IN SECTION 6 1 7 2 _ 3 _ 4 10 5 Printed
527L TRUNK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 / IS SWITCH 34 34 34 34 _ 46 _ 46 46 46 / IN SECTION 1 2 3 4 _ 6 _ 8 9 10' '527R TRUNK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 / IS SWITCH 47 35 47 35 _ 35 _ 35 47 35 / IN SECTION 6 1 7 2 _ 3 _ 4 10 5 Printed
Media/Materials
Credit Line
Telephone Switching Equipment, 1985.64. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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