To: DUMBGRUNT
Does anyone know how the telegraph lines were electrified during the Civil War and before? Dynamo?
7 posted on
07/16/2021 9:22:28 AM PDT by
KingLudd
To: KingLudd
Early systems were both battery & dynamo. Later systems, I think all commercial were dynamo.
12 posted on
07/16/2021 9:27:55 AM PDT by
Reily
To: KingLudd
Batteries, wet cell batteries...
13 posted on
07/16/2021 9:28:29 AM PDT by
Waverunner
(I'd like to welcome our new overlords, say hello to my little friend)
To: KingLudd
I once saw Civil War reenacters who re-created an old Army telegraph station. They had all of this vintage telegraph equipment - it was amazing. I’m pretty sure they powered things with big batteries.
14 posted on
07/16/2021 9:29:22 AM PDT by
Wilhelm Tell
(True or False? This is not a tag line.)
To: KingLudd
Magnetos, hand-cranked. Real cutting edge tech for the time.
To: KingLudd
24 posted on
07/16/2021 9:52:02 AM PDT by
Manly Warrior
(US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War" )
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