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Doolittle invents and produces first hard drawn copper wire
Doolittle invents and produces first hard drawn copper wire
1877
First long-distance line: Boston to Providence
1882
Doolittle build the first long distance copper wire circuit (NY to Boston)
Thomas B. Doolittle
1884
Telephone service begins between Tokyo and Yokohama
Telephone service begins between Tokyo and Yokohama
1890
Ad: AT&T long distance advertising (pocket map cover)
AT&T long distance advertising (pocket map cover)
1898
PDF: Rural Telephone Lines And How To Build Them
Rural Telephone Lines And How To Build Them
1900
Slideshow: Pac Tel 1912: Outside plant construction
Pac Tel 1912: Outside plant construction
Slideshow: 57 photos
1912
Siemens begins laying the Rhineland cable
Siemens begins laying the Rhineland cable
1912
Video: A Desert Span, Building Trunk Telephone Lines (AT&T)
A Desert Span, Building Trunk Telephone Lines (AT&T)
1929
PDF: Rural Telphone Lines
Rural Telphone Lines
1937
Video: Newfoundland Long Lines, a WWII Film (U.S. Army / AT&T)
Newfoundland Long Lines, a WWII Film (U.S. Army / AT&T)
1943
Ad: 'War still needs the wires'
'War still needs the wires'
1944
Video: Cable to Cuba, Laying Undersea Cable (AT&T)
Cable to Cuba, Laying Undersea Cable (AT&T)
1950
Transatlantic telephone cable (TAT-1)
Transatlantic telephone cable (TAT-1)
1956
Video: Cable to the Continent, the Second Transatlantic Telephone Cable
Cable to the Continent, the Second Transatlantic Telephone Cable
1959
T1 digital carrier system developed
1960
PDF: GPO Telephone Service, Explained
GPO Telephone Service, Explained
1961
TPC-1: First transpacific telephone cable
TPC-1: First transpacific telephone cable
1964
PDF: Get Plugged In
Get Plugged In
1982