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Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 21:03:28 -0500
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At least it didnt go to the Land fill

They junked a Rocking beam steam engine that provided water for the City
when the electric motors had all flooded out... 

Bob K3DJC


On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:04:16 -0900 "Laurence KL1X"
<hellozerohellozero@hotmail.com> writes:
> fyi..., brings tears to my eyes...Laurence (ex BT International!)
> 
> BT has dismantled and delivered a unique piece of engineering 
> history to its
> final resting place in Wiltshire - an example of 'one BT' in 
> action.
> A BT Global Service team of six engineers - led by Rugby radio 
> station
> manager Stan Francis - undertook the task of dismantling the giant 
> tuning
> coil at BT's Rugby radio station.
> It was then moved from Rugby to the Science Museum Wroughton, 
> Wiltshire -
> arranged by Phil Buch of Supply Chain Partners - and made possible 
> by BT's
> internal logistics distribution network. "The sheer size and 
> awkwardness of
> the coil made this an interesting logistical move," Phil said.
> The dismantling and transfer to the Science Museum was co-ordinated 
> by BT
> archives as part of the company's heritage 
> <http://www.bt.com/archives>
> strategy - BT's commitment to safeguarding its heritage on behalf of 
> the
> nation.
> The spectacular wooden and copper structure - measuring eight metres 
> long
> and 11 metres high - used to fulfil a key role in radio 
> communications. The
> structure resembles an enormous spider's web and comprises six 
> copper coils
> measuring five metres each in diameter - and each weighing 350 
> kilograms.
> The coil was part of the tuning circuit used to tune the antenna to 
> the
> right operational wavelength - and carried up to 1,000 amps of 
> radio
> frequency current, before being decommissioned in March 2003.
> The original tuning coil was destroyed during a fire in 1943 but 
> was
> replaced because of its vital importance to the war effort. It is 
> this
> replacement coil that is being donated to the Science Museum - one 
> of BT's
> partners in its Connected Earth <http://www.connected-earth.com> 
> heritage
> initiative.
> BT's head of corporate memory David Hay said: "It played a 
> significant
> 'behind the scenes' role during the second world war when it 
> enabled
> ations with the Royal Navy and other shipping interests - and with
> the French Resistance. This vital role continued during and 
> following the
> Cold War - when encrypted data was transmitted to ships and 
> submarines."
> Head of global corporate social responsibility Janet Blake said: "We 
> are
> delighted to donate such an important part of telecomms history to 
> the
> science museum. It will enable future generations to understand the
> equipment used in the early days of radio technology, to appreciate 
> the
> speed of change in this technology to where we are today and start 
> to
> imagine what the telecomms technology of the 21st century will 
> become. The
> coil is a key part of world history."
> More information and pictures can be found on the 24 Hour Museum 
> website
> <http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART25484.html>.
> 
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