The First Two-Way Long Distance Telephone Conversation
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NorStar
N 42° 21.784 W 071° 05.717
19T E 327459 N 4692214
This marks the location of the northern terminus of a two-way long distance telephone conversation by Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas G. Watson.
Waymark Code: WMA50
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 04/09/2006
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The sign says:
"From this site on October 9, 1876 the first two-way long distance telephone conversation was carried on for three hours. From here in Cambridgeport Thomas G. Watson spoke over a telegraph wire to Alexander Graham Bell at the office of the Walworth Mfg. Co. 69 Kirby Street, Boston, Mass.
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"This plaque presented to the City of Cambridge by the North Council Thomas Sherwin Chapter Telephone Pioneers of America November 1, 1961"
Agency Responsible for Placement: Other (Place below)
Agency Responsible for Placement (if not in list above): Telephone Pioneers of America
Year Placed: 1961
County: Middlesex
City/Town Name: Cambridge
Relevant Web Site: Not listed
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