FIRST - Exclusive Telephone Exchange in Florida Municipality
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N 30° 24.561 W 087° 12.852
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A Florida historical marker which describes the first exclusive telephone exchange within a Florida municipality.
Waymark Code: WM13GDP
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 12/08/2020
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Marker text (same on both sides):
First Telephone Exchange
On September 1, 1880, Southern Bell Telephone Company established a telephone exchange on this site serving 31 telephones. This was the first exchange in Florida to have exclusive operating rights within a Florida municipality.
Erected by Pensacola Council of the Telephone Pioneers of America
January 17, 1964
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 09/01/1880
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