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LicenseImpulse sender (dial), Western Electric, used in panel system, 1915. Whole object. Front view. Grey background.
Science Museum Group Collection
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Impulse sender (dial), Western Electric, used in panel system, 1915. Whole object. Front view. Grey background.
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Impulse sender (dial), Western Electric, used in panel system, 1915. Whole object. Rear view. Grey background.
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Impulse sender (dial) used in panel telephone exchange systems, made by the Western Electric Company, United States, 1915.
The panel system of automatic telephone exchange was developed in the USA by Western Electric, the manufacturing arm of AT&T. Unlike Strowger, the selector mechanism was power-driven and the switching banks were laid out in tall longitudinal 'panels'. Calls were dialled in the usual way. The system was designed to allow inter-working between automatic and manual exchanges and was therefore suitable for the largest towns and cities. Although proposed for use in Britain, the panel system was rejected by the Post Office in favour of Strowger.
Details
- Category:
- Telecommunications
- Object Number:
- 1971-348
- Materials:
- copper (alloy), metal (unknown), plastic (unidentified) and textile
- type:
- telephone component
- taxonomy:
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- component - object
- telephone
- credit:
- Donated by the Post Office Telecommunications Museum
