FIRST - Long Distance Telephone in the World
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The first long distance telephone system in the world.
Waymark Code: WMW8T0
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 07/25/2017
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History plaque in community of French Corral about the first long distance telephone system in the world.
Text of plaque:
Commemorating the First Long Distance Telephone in the World.
Built in 1877, by the Ridge Telephone Co. it connected French Corral with French Lake 58 miles away. It was operated by the Milton Mining Co. from this building which was built about 1853.
Marker placed and dedicated by Columbia Parlor No 70.
Native Daughters of the Golden West
May 19, 1940.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1877
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