Instructions for use
Select an object to view from the list below. To rotate either click on the rotate icon located in the bottom right hand corner of the image or click and drag within the object window.
Flip-phone, made by Ferranti GTE Ltd, c1981
Reed-type telephone receiver, made by Charles Moseley & Sons, Manchester, c. 1885
Telephone transmitter with induction coil, made by Charles Moseley & Sons, Manchester, c. 1885
Granular carbon type telephone transmitter, made by Charles Moseley & Sons, c. 1890
Marr hand-held telephone transmitter by Charles Moseley & Sons, Manchester, c. 1885
Hand-held granular carbon telephone transmitter, made by Charles Moseley & Sons, c. 1885
A selection of linemans working equipment, most unsigned
GPO Wheatstone telegraph paper tape transmitter, c1860, maker unknown
Gower-Bell wall telephone made by Charles Moseley & Sons, Manchester, c. 1885
Double-needle telegraph by W. Reid & Co., 1846
It was designed by Alexander Marr who joined the company as head of the construction department. He used a diaphragm of thin pine wood, with a carbon disc or button fixed to the centre, to form the front electrode.