. Bell telephone magazine . ell Tele-phone Company, was a 28-position switch-board. It was sent to Richmond withoutbeing completely dismantled to keep recon-nection time to a minimum. Indiana StatePolice met this shipment at the Illinois-In-diana state line and provided an escort tospeed the board across the state to Rich-mond, which is in eastern Indiana near theOhio boundary. An excellently designed and executed planby General Telephone and Indiana Bell peo-ple was used to connect subscribers linesto these switchboards. Nine large concernsin the area were connected into the ODDnetwork at Ind
. Bell telephone magazine . ell Tele-phone Company, was a 28-position switch-board. It was sent to Richmond withoutbeing completely dismantled to keep recon-nection time to a minimum. Indiana StatePolice met this shipment at the Illinois-In-diana state line and provided an escort tospeed the board across the state to Rich-mond, which is in eastern Indiana near theOhio boundary. An excellently designed and executed planby General Telephone and Indiana Bell peo-ple was used to connect subscribers linesto these switchboards. Nine large concernsin the area were connected into the ODDnetwork at Indianapolis. WATS lines were re-established by switching them at New Castleand Indianapolis. Circuit reroutings were ac-complished by close coordination betweenIndiana Bell and the Long Lines testboardat Indianapolis. Top. Hole was cut in wall of Antioch, office to remove 28-position Huge board on its way with escort;sign reads: emergency switchboard for firestricken Richmond, Ind. from Illinois
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