This page is dedicated to telephone central offices both past and present.
I Retired From This Central Office Which Is An AT&T #5 ESS,
r
our NETHE SWITCHMAN MESSAGE BOARD ! POST COMMENTS,
EQUPMENT FOR SALE, QUESTIONS WHATEVER! CLICK
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We are building a page just for home built switches, if you have a switch in your home, basement, wherever, send us an e-mail describing it and attach photos with it, send to switchman @ centralofficeonline.com
You worked hard on your hobby, get it posted !
I used to work in a step by step office a long time ago and I really miss it, sure the new digital switches are great but they are really no fun to work on because you cannot see anything working,
NO MOVING PARTS AND NO NOISE .
I personallly think the old stuff was the greatest, it made lots of noise and you could see it working and it was large, taking up entire floors in buildings !
My personal favorite was the step by step central offices....
This page is all about the central office... mostly the old stuff.....
Here Is A Step By Step Office
IT WAS THE GREATEST OFFICE EVER BUILT
How Did I Get Interested In Central Offices? Click Here
WHICH OFFICE WOULD YOU LIKE TO VISIT?
CLICK THE PHONE OF YOUR CHOICE !
CLICK HERE FOR THE STEP OFFICE
CLICK HERE FOR OFFICE BUILDINGS
CLICK HERE FOR THE PANEL OFFICE
CLICK HERE FOR THE CROSSBAR OFFICE
CLICK HERE FOR THE ESS OFFICE CLASS 1-5
CLICK HERE FOR PHONE SOUNDS BUSY, RINGS
Click Here For Exchanges Outside The United
States
Here Is A Second Call
To High Tech Radio Shows, Phone Man Called In To Talk About The
Good Old Days !! On The Tom And Darryl Show.... Click Here To
Listen, They Start
Talking About Phones about 15 Min into it so hang in there !
A Radio History of the Telephone
LINKS TO OTHER CENTRAL OFFICE SITES
Telephone Collector's International
Private
Line Magazine Website!
TOM'S HOME
BUILD STEP WEB SITE
Telephone Central Offices
History and Architecture
The Early Years of the Strowger
System by R.B. Hill
The
Telephone Museum of Prince Edward Island
NEW
YORK CENTRAL OFFICE FIRE 1975 (Thanks
To Joe From N.Y.)
The Telephone Museum of Prince Edward Island
Dr.
David Farber talks about his childhood and high school years, his career at
Bell
Labs, most exciting moments in technology.
More To Come
Please let us know of photos and links to telephone related material, thanks!
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