Editing Model 302 telephone (section)

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{{short description|Type of American telephone set}}
[[Image:WesternElectric302.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Western Electric 302 telephone with a thermoplastic case]]
The '''model 302 telephone''' is a desk set telephone that was manufactured in the United States by [[Western Electric]] from 1937 until 1955, and by [[Nortel|Northern Electric]] in Canada until the late 1950s, until well after the introduction of the [[model 500 telephone|500-type telephone]] in 1949. The sets were routinely refurbished into the 1960s. It was one of the most widely used American combined telephone sets to include the ringer and network circuitry in the same telephone housing.