El Paso & Southwestern Telegraph Equipment from Museum
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This complete set of El Paso & Southwestern Telegraph equipment is from the My House of Old Things Museum in Ancho, New Mexico. The museum is housed in the old EP&SW depot but is now closed and contents being sold, including the depot itself and train order semaphore signal. This is mounted on a piece of particle board and marked in three sections. On the left is a telagraph key, a sounder and two other pieces that I don't know what they are. This section is labeled E&SW "YD" Douglas, Ariz. The center section is labeled "SW" Relay Office El Paso Tex EP&SW. It has a key and sounder and two other things that I assume are repeaters as by them it says, "J,C, Rptrs used to extend lines". The right section has a key and sounder and some kind of transformer. It is labeled EP&SW "XN" Tucumcari, New Mexico. T is also a card on the board saying, " All telegraph instruments were originally used in the EP&SW "SW" relay telegraph office in El Paso TX - which was the general office building at Stanton & Franklin streets. E.S. Zierath ( donated the equipment to the museum) This is quite heavy, about 40 lbs. I can try to ship it as is, cut the board w the black lines are drawn or take all of the stuff off of the board, whichever you prefer. It has a cord that can be plugged in and tap on the key on the right and it will sound on the sounder on the
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