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The communication systems at the Palazzo Madama, Rome Italy

The Palazzo Madama in Rome is the seat of the Senate of the Italian Republic. From pneumatic mail to mobile phones: the evolution of communication systems within the Senate. 13-12-2020 25-12-2020

Pneumatic Tube System, Rohrpost, Buizenpost, Transport Pneumatique

'La posta pneumatica' in Italy

Pneumatic mail was created to speed up the sending of letters and telegrams: the first underground networks of pipes were built in Milan, Rome and Naples transporting cylinders containing up to 80 letters. But the spread of the telephone and faster postal services made its use less and less frequent: the service was permanently closed in 1981. 13-12-2020 15-12-2020

The Lamson Pneumatic Tube System at Jacksons of Reading UK

"Installed at the store in the 1940s, the Lamson cash transfer machine remained in use until the store closed in 2013 and was the last operating system of its kind..." 01-05-2019 02-05-2019

FRITZ Radio Rohrpost Jingle

They are short, loud and run between two songs: the FRITZ radio jingles! This jingle from 2010 is named "Zentrale - Rohrpost", translated it will be "Headquarters - Pneumatic Tube". 01-02-2019 24-02-2019

The Pneumatic Railway in the Grounds of the Crystal Palace

10 September 1864 - "We give an Illustration of the Pneumatic Railway, invented by Mr. T. W. Rammell, C.E., a working model of which has, during the last two weeks, been exhibited in the grounds of the Crystal Palace. It extends from the Sydenham entrance to the armoury, near the Penge gate, a distance of nearly six hundred yards." 26-01-2019 23-12-2019

Pneumatic Despatch, a novel mode of sending parcels

2 March 1863 - "The latest mode of sending mail-bags and parcels is by means of atmospheric air. This has been adopted in London by the Pneumatic Despatch Company, on a comparatively small scale; but the principle is capable of wide extension, and there appears but little doubt that, after a short time, a great deal of the merchandise of the metropolis will be sent from one point to another through underground tubes." 24-01-2019 27-01-2019

Underground works in the Euston-Road

28 May 1864 - "... There is, first, immediately under the surface of the road, a double set of mains and pipes for supplying the district with water and gas. Beneath these passes, transversely iron tube belonging to the Pneumatic Dispatch Company, through which parcels are constantly being conveyed backwards and forwards, and occasionally the mailbags also, between the General Post Office and this district..." 26-12-2018 25-01-2019

The General Post Office’s own Tube Railway for conveying mail matter

31 January 1914 - "The General Post Office is about to start its own tube railway to facilitate the handling of mail matter in London; this in addition to the numerous miles of pneumatic tubes already in use." 24-12-2018 25-01-2019

The essential features of a Pneumatic Tube Line are four...

17 September 1904 - "A suitable conduit, or tube; a carrier for passing through the tube; a transmitter, or device for dispatching the carrier; and a receiver, or apparatus for arresting the carrier and delivering it from the line." 23-12-2018 25-01-2019

Pneumatic Parcel Post, An Attempt To Supersede The Carrier

17 September 1904 - "The present scheme to undermine London with pneumatic tubes for the conveyance of parcels and letters is a revival. A Pneumatic Despatch Company Act was passed in 1859, and between 1960 and 1865 tubes were laid down in Threadneedle Street, and from Euston Station to Camden Town and Holborn." 23-12-2018 22-11-2020

The Pneumatic Despatch, by S. J. Mackie

1864 - "Underground London in the course of a few years will be quite as wonderful as London above ground." 20-12-2018 25-01-2019

The Pneumatic Despatch

24 August 1861 - "A company has been formed, under the title of the Pneumatic Despatch Company, for establishing in the metropolis lines of pneumatic tube for the speedy conveyance of letters and parcels..." 09-12-2018 25-01-2019

The Shadow - Pneumatic Mail Tube System Scene

The Shadow is a 1994 American superhero film from Universal Pictures. It is based on the pulp fiction character of the same name created by Walter B. Gibson in 1931. 20-08-2018 31-01-2019

Pneumatic Tube Blower

The driving force of pneumatic tube system is a blower. Due to the air flow the carrier will start to move in the transport tube. When the blower sucks into the tube, there will be a reduced pressure in the pipe and the carrier will move towards the blower. By blowing the carrier will be moving away from the blower. 27-07-2018 27-04-2019

Pneumatic Tube Air Break

An air brake is build with two ducts and two air valves. If one valve is open, the other is automaticly closed. The pressure of the blower will do this automaticly, there is no need for an external control. 27-07-2018 05-01-2019

The Transport Tube

The pneumatic tube carriers move through especially for pneumatic tube fabricated (gray) plastic pipe. There are also transparent, aluminum and stainless steel tubes available. On first sight the plastic transport tube looks the same as sewage pipe. However, they are not interchangeable. The diameter of the transporttube is much more accurate than the sewage pipe, the carriers could seize on these constrictions in the tube. 27-07-2018 27-07-2018

Tube Switch, Pneumatic Tube System

A tube switch is a mechanical or electronic switch that detects whether a carrier passes a pneumatic tube station or diverter. Using these signals, the central control system can control stations, dividers and blowers. 27-07-2018 05-01-2019

Pneumatic Tube Fire collar

The tubes of a pneumatic tube system run by different areas of a building. In the basement, the crawl space, in shafts, in the walls and above ceilings. In order to come from one area to another, there must be a big hole in the wall or floor.In connection to sound and heat insulation it is recommended that the open space around the tube is filled with insulation. 27-07-2018 05-01-2019

Do It Yourself Pneumatic Tube System

"Our hardware department used a lot of paperwork throughout the day. Since our call center and office are on a different floor than our packing department the girls were having to climb up and down a big industrial staircase about 100 times a day. So Dave and Dane teamed up to make their own simple pneumatic tube system to save their legs..." 26-07-2018 30-09-2020

The Jetsons - Pneumatic Tube

In this episode from 1963 George Jetson uses a pneumatic tube to transport himself with great speed to the boss his office. 25-07-2018 23-12-2019

A self made Pneumatic Tube System

For his Master Thesis at the Cracow University of Technology (Poland), Igor Kozłowski made his own Pneumatic Tube System. The whole development and building process was filmed. 22-07-2018 10-08-2018

Grover Transitubes brochure

"The economy and speed of Grover Transitubes have been more convincingly demonstrated in hospitals than in any other field. Their versatility, reliability and compatibility with hospital procedure have made them a virtually indispensable part of every modern institution." A brochure about Grover Transitube Terminals and more... 25-12-2014 12-02-2019

Airmatic Systems brochure

"Today, AIRMATIC tube systems are dispatching all sorts of important items - written communications, data cards, test samples, small parts, medicines, bulky securities - to and from all parts of office buildings, industrial plants, hospitals, banks, libraries, even steel mills..."You read and see more in this 8-page brochure. 25-12-2014 12-02-2019

Pneumatic Tube Mail Amsterdam The Netherlands

Was there a Pneumatic Tube Mail system in Amsterdam? For a long time the only evidence was a quote at the German Rohrpost Wikipedia page referring to a photo from the C. Aug. Schmidt & Söhne company. This conclusion is doubtful in my opinion. But I did find real proof of existence!! 09-01-2014 15-02-2019

The C. Aug. Schmidt & Söhne Company

C. Aug. Schmidt Söhne is a factory and installation company for technical equipment from Hamburg, Germany. Since 1866 they also built all over the world pneumatic tube systems. 09-01-2014 01-12-2020

United Store Service and Tube Company advertisements

In this article I show you old Pneumatic Tube System supplier advertisements from the United Store Service and Tube Company. 10-12-2013 24-04-2019

Sturtevant Pneumatic Tube Advertisements

In this article I show you old Pneumatic Tube System supplier advertisements from the Sturtevant company. 04-06-2013 25-07-2018

Pneumatic Tube System - How it works

The driving force of a pneumatic tube system is pneumatics. Pneumatics can be traced back to Hero of Alexandria in the 1st century AD. 20-04-2013 14-09-2020

Standard Pneumatic Tube Advertisements

In this article I show you old Pneumatic Tube System advertisements from the Standard company. 09-03-2013 31-01-2019

The sound of a pneumatic tube system

Get the pneumatic tube feeling. You hear blowers blowing and sucking, relays clicking, diverters turning and carriers passing by. 11-05-2011 11-08-2019

Airocam, a camera in a pneumatic tube carrier

From Pneumatic Tube Systems to tomato cultivation. The flying camera from the Science Museum Delft in the Netherlands gets a new application with Biggreen. 'The original idea came about during a brainstorming session,' says industrial designer Dries Calcoen of the start-up Airocam. 11-01-2011 17-02-2020

French movie "Baiser Volés" or "Stolen Kisses"

The underground pneumatic post of Paris from François Truffaut's 1968 film "Baiser Volés", also known as "Stolen Kisses". 04-12-2007 22-08-2018

Pneumatic Tube Renovation

The lifetime of a Pneumatic Tube installation is very long, but the moment comes when it needs to be replaced. 06-06-2007 10-08-2018

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