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Telegraph Register

Telegraph Register

The Smithsonian catalogs Telegraph Register as telegraph register in its Communication, telegraph records.

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This telegraph register, typical of those in service during the U. S. Civil War, used a weight to drive the tape mechanism. Stamped “N. C. R. W. Co.” (which may indicate the Northern Central Railway Company) the register was reportedly used at a station in Elmira, NY. Telegraph registers are electrically-activated printers that receive Morse code messages. The message travels as a series of electr

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The Smithsonian lists the object under Communication, telegraph and dates it 1860.

This telegraph register, typical of those in service during the U. S. Civil War, used a weight to drive the tape mechanism. Stamped “N. C. R. W. Co.” (which may indicate the Northern Central Railway Company) the register was reportedly used at a station in Elmira, NY. Telegraph registers are electrically-activated printers that receive Morse code messages. The message travels as a series of electr

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