Money tube
Money tube closed
Name/Title
Money tubeEntry/Object ID
2025.1.165Description
Metal tube into which money can be inserted. Also known as "cash carrier".Context
There were various different systems - one worked on a series of wires and the other on a pneumatic tube system, patented by William Stickney Lamson of Massachusetts, U.S.A. in 1881 and introduced to the U.K. in 1885. After you have paid for your goods, the sales assistant would place the money in the cylindrical metal carrier, which could be closed by twisting the ends. Later the carrier was inserted into a metal box known as a cash station. The cash carrier was transported to the accounts department and the carrier sent back with the customers change, if any, and a receipt.Category
Business