Telegraph - Zanzibar, Tanzania
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Ariberna
S 05° 44.605 E 039° 17.301
37M E 531925 N 9365150
Telegraph of ship
Waymark Code: WM1AB8A
Location: Tanzania
Date Posted: 07/19/2024
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Torgut
Views: 1

In this building there is a telegraph of a ship.
You can move the lever and selectarstop, slow, hard, full...

"An engine order telegraph or E.O.T., also referred to as a Chadburn, is a communications 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.

In its original form, from the 19th century until about 1950, the device usually consisted of a round dial about 9 inches (230 mm) in diameter with a knob at the center attached to one or more handles, and an indicator pointer on the face of the dial. There would also be a revolutions per minute (RPM) indicator, worked by a hand crank. Modern EOTs on vessels which still use them use electronic light and sound signals."

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Type of Machine: telegraph

Year the machine was put on display: 2022

Is there online documentation for this machine: [Web Link]

Year the machine was built: Not listed

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