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Engine order telegraph

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Chadburns manufactured engine room telegraphs and steam whistles, to name a few, for use on the Titanic.
The telegraph is usually composed of a "forward" and "reverse" command dial with a lever on top of a pedestal coated in metal or alloy, usually brass. Telegraphs are operated by moving the lever in the desired direction, which rings the telegraph bell at both bridge and engine room locations.
General commands include:

Full Ahead, Half Ahead, Slow Ahead, Dead Slow Ahead, Stop, Dead Slow Astern, Slow Astern, Half Astern and Full Atern