On This Day in Telephone History December 13TH 1878- Telephones were first manufactured in Canada at Brantford, Ontario, by James H. Cowherd, who constructed some of the early telephone apparatus for Alexander Graham Bell. Mr. Cowherd died suddenly on February 27, 1881, and for some time no satisfactory telephones were manufactured.

On This Day in Telephone History December 13TH 1878

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On This Day in Telephone History December 13TH 1878- Telephones were First Manufactured in Canada at Brantford, Ontario, by James H. Cowherd, who constructed some of the early telephone apparatus for Alexander Graham Bell. Mr. Cowherd died suddenly on February 27, 1881, and for some time no satisfactory telephones were manufactured.