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On This Day in Telephone History December 6TH 1957

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On This Day in Telephone History December 6TH 1957 - The first public air-ground telephone call made was from a commercial airliner. The call was from about 150 miles west of Chicago to 195 Broadway, New York City. The service was inaugurated on a trial basis in the Chicago-Detroit areas. Some private and government planes started using the service on September 15TH

On This Day in Telephone History December 6TH 1957 The First Public Air-Ground Telephone Call made was from a commercial airliner. The call was from about 150 miles west of Chicago to 195 Broadway, New York City. The service was inaugurated on a trial basis in the Chicago-Detroit areas. Some private and government planes started … Read more

On This Day in Telephone History December 5TH 1958

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On This Day in Telephone History December 5TH 1958 Queen Elizabeth II made the UK’s first long-distance telephone call without the help of an operator from the central telephone exchange in Bristol to the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. The Queen began the call with the words "This is the Queen speaking from Bristol. Good afternoon, my Lord Provost".

On This Day in Telephone History December 5TH 1958 Queen Elizabeth II made the UK’s first long-distance telephone call without the help of an operator from the central telephone exchange in Bristol to the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. The Queen began the call with the words “This is the Queen speaking from Bristol. Good afternoon, … Read more

On This Day in Telephone History December 4TH 1877

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On This Day in Telephone History December 4TH 1877 the first hard-drawn copper wire was strung at Ansonia, CT. Thomas B. Doolittle, promoter and manager of a mutual telegraph company, who had become interested in the telephone, made arrangements to begin manufacture at Bridgeport of hard-drawn copper wire with the Ansonia Brass Company. The first lines were strung in the Ansonia Brass Company’s plant on what was effectively a private exchange system. These early hard-drawn copper lines were not wholly satisfactory, but Doolittle's process was perfected within two to four years. The hard-drawn wire made possible better transmission over longer distances than had been possible with iron wire. Copper wire up to this time had been heat-treated or annealed, which made it a good conductor but rendered it too soft to be used on open spans. Heat-treated or annealed copper would break of its own weight unless made too thick (or of too heavy a gauge) to be of practical value.

On This Day in Telephone History December 4TH 1877, the First Hard-Drawn Copper Wire was strung at Ansonia, CT. Thomas B. Doolittle, promoter and manager of a mutual telegraph company, who had become interested in the telephone, made arrangements to begin manufacture at Bridgeport of hard-drawn copper wire with the Ansonia Brass Company. The first … Read more

On This Day in Telephone History November 27TH 1921

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On This Day in Telephone History November 27TH 1921 - Beginning of a period of exceptionally heavy sleet storms in the winter of 1921·1922. They affected the New England states, Minnesota, Nebraska, North and South Carolina. Michigan and Wisconsin had a disastrous storm Feb. 21·23, 1922, and Michigan had a second storm on March 29. Overall cost of repair was about $7,500,000. The Ice weighed 800 pounds per wire between telephone poles and was 3 inches in diameter.

On This Day in Telephone History November 27TH 1921 – Beginning of a period of exceptionally heavy sleet storms in the winter of 1921·1922. They affected the New England states, Minnesota, Nebraska, North and South Carolina. Michigan and Wisconsin had a disastrous storm Feb. 21·23, 1922, and Michigan had a second storm on March 29. … Read more

On This Day in Telephone History November 25TH 1997

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On This Day in Telephone History November 25TH 1997 Telephone Technician Arrested as a SPY. 29 year old American telecommunications engineer, Richard Bliss, was charged with espionage by the Russian Federal Security Agency. On an assignment from Qualcomm, he was arrested in Rostov-on-Don and was using a global positioning system to develop a cellular telephone network.

On This Day in Telephone History November 25TH 1997 Telephone Technician Arrested as a SPY. 29 year old American telecommunications engineer, Richard Bliss, was charged with espionage by the Russian Federal Security Agency. On an assignment from Qualcomm, he was arrested in Rostov-on-Don and was using a global positioning system to develop a cellular telephone … Read more

On This Day in Telephone History November 14TH 1961

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On This Day in Telephone History November 14TH 1961 - Western Electric officially turned over the DEW Line to the U. S. Air Force. The Distant Early Warning Line, also known as the DEW Line, was a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic region of Canada, with additional stations along the North Coast and Aleutian Islands of Alaska, in addition to the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland.

On This Day in Telephone History November 14TH 1961 – Western Electric officially turned over the DEW Line to the U.S. Air Force. The Distant Early Warning Line, also known as the DEW Line, was a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic region of Canada, with additional stations along the North Coast … Read more