Patent Model - Railroad-Car Telegraph
Maker and role
Joseph Finney (b.1840, d.1899), Patentee
Production date
Aug 24 1880
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, brass, copper
Measurements
6 1/2 x 11 13/16 x 6" (16.5 x 30 x 15.2cm)
Description
Finney’s “invention relates to the construction of devices whereby telegraphic communication may be constantly maintained between railway-trains, whether moving or stationary, and any of the telegraph-stations along the line of the railroad…” (Patent number 231,552)
Collection
Object number
61.47.325
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