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Telegraph Register

Telegraph Register

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

This telegraph register made by J. H. Bunnell and Company was used on a fire alarm system. When a person activated a call box to report a fire, this register would receive the signal and record which box had been activated.

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The Smithsonian lists the object under Communication, telegraph.

This telegraph register made by J. H. Bunnell and Company was used on a fire alarm system. When a person activated a call box to report a fire, this register would receive the signal and record which box had been activated.

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