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History of Western Electric
From: Encyclopedia of Chicago. This entry is part of the Encyclopedia's Dictionary of Leading Chicago Businesses (1820-2000) that was prepared by Mark R. Wilson, with additional contributions from Steven R. Porter and Janice L. Reiff.
The History of AT&T
AT&T's official history web site. Of special interest is the History of the AT&T Network section, giving a brief history of the Bell System's network switching, transmission and management technologies.
Sam's Telecomm History Links Page
A great collection of links to telephony-related web pages
The Central Office
Lots of information and links on telephone central offices, past and present
The L-4 Coaxial System (How the Bell System helped win the Cold War)
Decades before fiber-optic cables became the backbone of long-distance telephony, buried lead-sheathed clusters of coaxial cables and closely-spaced repeaters provided the nuclear-blast-resistant communications service demanded for national security. Mark Foster's well-organized web site offers detailed information about this little-known network.
A Memorial to the Bell System
David Massey's fascinating site includes a history of the Bell System, a collection of print advertisements, multimedia files, and anecdotes told by telephone-company employees.
Tower Power
On AT&T's web page, a discussion of the end of the microwave era and the sale of the company's towers
Tennessee Valley TelWeb
Matthew Sadler's look at the region's telecommunications facilities: cellular and PCS, BETRS, microwave, and central offices
Cold War Communications in the U.K.
Learn how Britain addressed the problem of survivable telephone communications.
Teletypewriters - by Vaux Electronics
Teletypewriters were used in the Bell System both for internal communications and for text communications services offered to subscribers, and for many years AT&T owned the Teletype Corporation, a major manufacturer of this equipment.
Bell System Memorial Home Page
http://www.porticus.org/bell/bell.htm
Webpage of the Eastland Disaster Historical Society http://www.eastlanddisaster.org/
Corporate History of AT&T
http://www.corp.att.com/history/
Sam’s Telecomm History Links Page http://www.samhallas.co.uk/histlink.htm
David Massey’s Telephone Tribute. http://www.telephonetribute.com/index.html
Telephone Collectors International. http://www.telephonecollectors.org/
The Telephone Story: Illustrated History of Telephones. http://www.phonedoc.com/Telephone_Story/telephone_story.html
Rob T. Firefly’s Celebrities with Phones http://www.phonelosers.org/cwp/
How Telephones are Made from Telephone Forum http://www.madehow.com/Volume-5/Telephone.html
History, Technical Information, Cool Stuff from Telephone World http://www.dmine.com/phworld/
Antique Telephone History Website includes diagrams http://atcaonline.com/diagrams.html
James Steele’s Vintage Broadcast Microphones http://www.k-bay106.com/doc.htm
http://www.dmine.com/phworld/switch/wexbar.htm
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