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Telegraph Register

Telegraph Register

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

WHY IT’S INTERESTING

This tape reel pulled a strip of paper through a telegraph register in a fire alarm system. Many early telegraph registers used a weight to power the tape reel but this unit used a steel spring that the user wound with the key seen below the paper tape. The spring kept tension on the paper tape so that when the register began printing, the paper flowed smoothly.

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The Smithsonian lists the object under Communication, telegraph.

This tape reel pulled a strip of paper through a telegraph register in a fire alarm system. Many early telegraph registers used a weight to power the tape reel but this unit used a steel spring that the user wound with the key seen below the paper tape. The spring kept tension on the paper tape so that when the register began printing, the paper flowed smoothly.

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Smithsonian InstitutionTelegraph Register

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