Magneto Phone System                   

green util bldg phone
Utility Building 

main house magneto phone
Main House

new house phone
Phone in the new house

 

 

 


The Leich Electric Company manufactured magneto and dial equipment for the telephone industry in the 1930s and 1940s. These phones function as an intercom between the five main buildings at Valhalla. They are wired in a "common battery" configuration where all of the phones are on the same party line and when you turn the magneto crank, they all ring. Its very helpful communicating "dinnertime" 
  History of Leich Electric


Phone in Woodshop
Magneto phone and touch tone phone in the woodshop
66 Block interconnect
66 Block main interconnect
Leich Magneto Phone in the Upper Barn. Note the "old bones" display above
Phone in upper barn. Note the 12 Volt "Talk Battery"

 

Dave is currently writing a pamphlet on how to restore the Leich 901 Magneto Telephone.  Also included are specific instructions on how to connect these phones together to make a very interesting intercom system. 

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3-15-06