TELETYPE

Description: LOOKS LIKE A BROWN TYPEWRITER. KEYS ARE DARK BROWN. ABOVE KEYS ARE SIX DARK BROWN, RECTANGULAR BUTTONS; ONE OF THE BUTTONS HAS FIVE WHITE DOTS ON IT, ANOTHER HAS A WHITE, FOUR POINTED STAR ON IT, AND ANOTHER HAS A WHITE LIGHT BULB ON IT. TOWARDS THE TOP, ON THE FRONT, IS A METAL LABEL THAT READS "SIEMENS"; ABOVE THIS IS A WHITE STICKER WITH BLUE PRINT "CANADIAN PACIFIC CANADIAN NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS CANADIEN PACIFIQUE CANADIEN NATIONAL". ON TOP OF TELETYPE IS A BROWN ROLL OF PAPER; SOME PAPER HAS BEEN FED INTO MACHINE. ON ONE SIDE OF TELETYPE IS A NARROW ROLL OF PAPER, THAT IS FED THROUGH A DEVICE ON THE SIDE, THAT HAS FOUR BUTTONS ON IT. ON BACK IS A METAL LABEL THAT READS "BLATTSCHREIBER 100A FA SK 2186/1"; BELOW THIS IS ANOTHER METAL LABEL THAT READS "MADE IN GERMANY". TELETYPE HAS A BLACK ELECTRICAL CORD AT BACK. HAS ANOTHER CORD, WHICH IS ATTACHED TO A FUSE; FROM THE FUSE TWO WIRES ATTACH TO A METAL BOX. BOX IS OPEN, AND HAS WIRES, FUSES, ETCETERA IN IT. WRITTEN ON SIDE OF METAL BOX, IN RED FELT MARKER, IS "OUTPUT 16V DC". UNDERNEATH DEVICE ON SIDE OF TELETYPE, IS A CLEAR, PLASTIC, RECTANGULAR CONTAINER; IS NOT ATTACHED TO MACHINE; HAS A HANDLE; IS VERY DIRTY.

History: FROM C.P.R. STATION IN LETHBRIDGE. HAS BEEN RECOVERED SINCE STATION CLOSED. DONOR IS A HAM RADIO OPERATOR. TELETYPE WAS BOUGHT TO PUT ON THE AIR, BUT WAS NOT USED, DUE TO THE COMPUTER AGE. THEY WERE BOUGHT AT NATIONAL SALVAGE FOR $30. DONOR WAS AN ELECTRICIAN AT M&S COAL MINE, NEAR ESTEVAN, SASKATCHEWAN, IN THELATE 1950'S. HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR DISMANTLING MINE. THIS PIECE OFEQUIPMENT WAS USED IN THE MINES AND SALVAGED BY DONOR. DONOR MOVED TOLETHBRIDGE IN 1970 FOR A BETTER PAYING JOB; ALREADY HAD MANY RELATIVES LIVINGHERE. DONOR IS AN ELECTRICIAN AND OWNS QUEST ELECTRIC & ALARM. DONOR HASALSO BEEN A HAM RADIO OPERATOR SINCE 1961.