Battery
Category
Historic Services / Communications
Date
1976
Materials
Card, leatherette, brass and steel.
Measurements
145 x 70 x 70 mm
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Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 1700991.2
Summary
Battery. A dry battery, wired to a bell box, part of a set of railway telephone equipment. The battery is covered in black leatherette on card. There is a screwed brass terminal and a plug socket on the top, and the battery is connected by a black plastic covered wire to the base box.
Marks and inscriptions
B.R.B / DS.3 ? Manufactured 9-76 / Installed / LE CARBONE (Gt. Britain) LTD. / PORTSLADE, SUSSEX / "CIPEL"