Artifact Details

Title

Colossus - narrow tape pulley

Catalog Number

102680123

Type

Still image

Description

Black and white image of Colossus tape pulley. On verso " Colossus pulley" in blue cursive scripe also " Colossus" in red ink. Supplied information:
"Two tape loops read simultaneously and compared at high speeds. This is one of the pulleys on which tape was pulled. Colossus was a machine used during World War II to encode(sic) German messages. It was primarily used in Englsnd."

Publisher

The Science Museum

Place of Publication

London

Identifying Numbers

Other number P83.15 Verso pencil

Dimensions

overall: 8 in x 10 in

Category

Photograph

Credit

Courtesy of Gwen Bell

Lot Number

X7413.2015