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General Post Office Research Station workshop at Dollis Hill, London, December 1943; painted brick and plaster, dark linoleum over concrete, exposed metal conduit and a timber bench edge surround the assembled prototype in an ordinary working laboratory. Every rack foot meets the linoleum-covered concrete floor, and cross-braces join adjacent rack bays. The paper loop contacts the powered capstan and both guide rollers; the sprung tension arm presses its outer face and the return span hangs in a shallow catenary. The reader’s enclosed cable follows clipped conduit into the nearest Colossus rack. The engineer’s right fingers close around the rotary switch while the left hand rests firmly on the control bay edge. Both engineers’ shoes meet the workshop floor; Flowers stands clear of the moving tape route. The control bay is mechanically fixed within the central rack rather than standing as a separate object. 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