Telegraph
Burin Heritage Museum
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| Nom de l'objet : | Telegraph |
| Type de l'objet : | Engine Order |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | Distribution & Transportation Artifacts |
| Sous-catégorie de l'objet : | Water Transportation - Accessory |
| Matériaux : | Metal, Brass |
| Technique de fabrication : | Soldered Cut |
| Numéro d'accession : | No Acquisition # 27 |
| Municipalité d'utilisation : | Burin |
| Province d'utilisation : | Newfoundland |
| Pays d'utilisation : | Canada |
| Description : | The engine order telegraph is made mainly of brass. It sits on a circular base that can be bolted to the deck of a ship. This base has a long cylindrical piece that extends straight upwards and is the home of the circular indicator dial. This dial is round and also made of brass. It has a glass face that allows the viewer to see the indicator dial which has such readings as "Full, Half, Slow, Dead Slow, Stop, Slow, Half, and Full." A brass handle can be moved to highlight the required command. When a command is highlighted the telegraph will issue a loud "ding" from a bell within the unit. |
| Commentaires : | A ship's telegraph is a communication device used on a ship or submarine for the pilot on the bridge to order engineers in the engine room to power the vessel at a certain desired speed. Traditionally a telegraph required a pilot to ring the telegraph on the bridge by moving the handle to the desired position on the dial. This would ring a bell in the engine room and those in the engine room would move their to the position selected by the bridge, thereby acknowledging the order. |
| Hauteur : | 105 |
| Largeur : | 25 |
| Unité de mesure linéaire : | cm |
| Nombre d'objets : | 1 |
| Nombre de parties composantes : | 1 |
| Établissement : | Burin Heritage Museum |
| Ville de l'établissement : | Burin |
| Province de l'établissement : | Newfoundland & Labrador |
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