Sunday, May 26, 2013

Automated Telephone Exchange Goes Live in Bowie

May 26, 1938 (75 years ago today):  The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company activated Bowie's first telephone dial system.  The switching equipment was housed in this building at 13108 11th Street in Old Bowie - the current home of the Bowie Lions.  For the first time in Bowie, a telephone call could be made without the assistance of an operator.


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  2. The switching equipment was housed in this building at 13108 11th Street in Old Bowie - the current home of the Bowie Lions. mypbx

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