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The number 6 telephone dry battery was quite a technological advance since it replaced the previously used wet cells. Northern Electric started manufacturing these cells in 1906 in their Aqueduct Street plant. Their size determined the dimensions of the large single box wall phone. Depending on telephone use these cells could indeed last for five years or more.

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Tower Bell Striker
Circa 1917
Throughout Canada and USA

Credits:
Northern Electric 1917 Catalogue

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Northern Electric manufactured what appears to be unusual devices such as the Tower Bell Striker. This audible communication device was used to signal a fire alarm in rural areas. It would rapidly strike a bell located in a tower.

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Second Plant - Guy and Notre Dame Streets
1904 - 2007
Montréal, Québec, Canada

Credits:
Bell Canada Historical Collection

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By 1903 the first Northern Electric plant was becoming too small to meet the growing demand for telephone apparatus and supplies. A new plant was built in 1904 and completed in 1906 in the Montréal city block bounded by Guy, Notre Dame, Richmond and William streets. It had over 270,000 square feet of floor space, it too still exists and houses several businesses today.

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Second Northern Electric Plant
19 September 2005
Montréal, Québec, Canada

Credits:
Ken Lyons

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Advertisement from the 1912 Farmer's Advocate
Circa 1912
Throughout Canada

Credits:
Farmer's Advocate

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To increase sales Northern Electric took out ads such as the ones that appeared in the 1912 Farmer's Advocate and Le Journal d'agriculture et d'horticulure to promote the starting up of telephone companies. It offered a hardcover booklet that provided all the required information on how to set up and operate a telephone company.

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Journal d'agriculture et d'horticulture
15 February 1912
Throughout Canada

Credits:
Le Journal d'agriculture et d'horticulture

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Cover of How to Build Rural Telephone Lines
Circa 1910
Throughout Canada

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Front Page of "Comment Construire Les Lignes Téléphoniques Rurales"
Circa 1910
Throughout Canada

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How to Use a Telephone in 1910
Circa 1910

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Materials required to build a rural line
Circa 1910

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N317G Magneto Wall Phone
Circa 1918
Throughout Canada