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William G. Sanford, Michigan Bell Telephone Switchman, With Sound Machine, March 1958 Photographer: Doug Fulton

William G. Sanford, Michigan Bell Telephone Switchman, With Sound Machine, March 1958 image
Year:
1958
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 20, 1958
Caption:
RINGING MACHINE: The machine that switchman William G. Sanford is observing provides the dial tone, ringing and busy signals at individual telephones. The mechanism is alternately used with others like it to assure no interruption in the "beaming" of the three sounds.

William Sanford Tends Batteries In The Michigan Bell Telephone Exchange Building, March 1958

William Sanford Tends Batteries In The Michigan Bell Telephone Exchange Building, March 1958 image
Year:
1958
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 20, 1958
Caption:
POWER SOURCE: Bell switchman William G. Sanford of Ann Arbor fills with water one of a bank of 48-volt batteries that furnish power to phones in users' homes and elsewhere. Other banks of batteries are in background. In the event that power is cut off to generators that charge the batteries, a 170-kilowatt diesel-generator may be "cut-in."

Behind The Scenes At The Telephone Company

Behind The Scenes At The Telephone Company image
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