Interior of the American DeForest Wireless Telegraph Company Station, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1905-1907
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Artifact Overview
Artifact Details
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Subject Date
1905-1907
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.2700
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Inscriptions
caption on photo:
This wireless telegraph station was operated by the American deForest Wireless Telegraph Company from June 29, 1905 to September 17, 1907. Transmitter consisted of a 2 kilowatt open core transformer, an 18 leyden-jar condenser, a spark-gap, helix type serial tuning inductance, hand-key and a change-over switch for switching from transmitting to receiving. Receiver consisted of an electrolytic detector, a three-coil tuning inductance with five slides and a pair of head telephones.
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