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thisismyglasgow.bsky.social
The rather attractive entrance to the former Bridgeton Manual Telephone Exchange on Cubie Street in Glasgow. Designed by William Thomas Oldrieve in an Edwardian Baroque style, it was built in 1910.

#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #telephoneexchange #bridgeton
August 29, 2026 at 6:21 PM
jeffm2018.bsky.social
#Alphabetchallenge #WeekMforMemories
When you go to a museum and see the kit you used to repair on display. And muscle memory kicks in on how to remove and actions to test and repair. Still have the tools as well.
#strowger #TelephoneExchange
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A museum display of two types of electro mechanical switches I used to repair. Bit weird when you see your job in a museum but thats progress. The top part of the switch is the relay control. Each relay operated a set of contacts (the bits with the silver front and a letter stencilled on). The contacts will provide a path for a circuit to perform certain function's including controlling the electro mechanical device on the bottom half. The bottom half is operated by two large electro mechanical magnets with associated gear, they step the mechanism up then make the wipers (the contacts) sweep across the bank to the desired outlet. There could be many hundreds of these in one room clattering away and maintenance intensive. I can still smell them and hear them and you knew when a motor or magnet had burnt out and in all the cacophony of noise in a telephone exchange, you could hear one out of hundred misstep.
September 23, 2025 at 5:33 AM
quizand.bsky.social
Discover the early days in telephone exchanges with this fun, augmented video. It's free and complete at 500ways.com/telephone-hi... ( #telephone, #USHistory, #phone, #telephoneExchange, #operator, #telephoneOperator, #dialPhone, #phoneExchange, #switchboard, #switchboardOperator)
March 15, 2026 at 3:34 AM
quizand.bsky.social
Discover the early days in telephone exchanges with this fun, augmented video. It's free and complete at auxvid.com/telephone-hi... ( #telephone, #USHistory, #phone, #telephoneExchange, #operator, #telephoneOperator, #dialPhone, #phoneExchange, #switchboard, #switchboardOperator)
March 5, 2026 at 8:09 PM
markonthemaps.bsky.social
What was life like inside once secret Kingsway #TelephoneExchange? Home to #coldwar 'hot-line' connection between the #Presidents of US & Russia; inspiration to some Ian Fleming #JamesBond stories; former deep-level air-raid shelter...Kelvin Currie reveals all! www.vectisradio.com/podcast/catc...
August 9, 2025 at 7:46 AM
fedi.ssterling.net
I’ve been going around asking friends and acquaintances whether they’d like a number on my furry telephone exchange (FUR-xxxx on PhreakNet). So far, I’ve gotten four requests for subscriber number 3621. Unsurprising. #phreaknet #telephone #telephoneexchange #voip
August 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
phototjv.bsky.social
Telefónica Building

(Plaça de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, August 2018)

#photography #urbanphotography #streetphotography #cityscapes #telephoneexchange #plaza #plaça #TelefónicaBuilding #TelefónicaBuildingBarcelona #PlaçadeCatalunya #Barcelona #Spain
November 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
500ways.bsky.social
Discover the early days in telephone exchanges with this fun, augmented video. It's free and complete at 500ways.com/telephone-hi... ( #telephone, #USHistory, #phone, #telephoneExchange, #operator, #telephoneOperator, #dialPhone, #phoneExchange, #switchboard, #switchboardOperator)
May 24, 2026 at 8:55 PM
carlmuehleisen.bsky.social
Greenwich 3-2390
#oldphonenumber
#telephone #telephoneexchange #greenwichvillage #eastvillage
November 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
thisismyglasgow.bsky.social
The former Western Telephone Exchange on Highburgh Road in the west end of Glasgow. Built in 1907, it was designed by Leonard Stokes and Colin Menzies. It has now been converted into flats.

#glasgow #architecture
#oldtelephoneexchange #telephoneexchange #architecturephotography
June 7, 2026 at 5:34 AM
thisismyglasgow.bsky.social
The imposing former Tradeston Telephone Exchange in Glasgow. Designed in a Neo-Baroque style, it was built around 1935.

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#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #telephoneexchange #tradeston
February 23, 2026 at 10:37 AM
thisismyglasgow.bsky.social
I've been puzzling over it for a while, but can't come up with a reasonable explanation for why it's there.

#glasgow #architecture #telephoneexchange #architecturephotography #doorway
December 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
thisismyglasgow.bsky.social
Anyone got any suggestions as to the function of this 2nd storey door on the old Douglas Telephone Exchange building on Hope Street in central Glasgow? It was constructed in 1910.

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#glasgow #architecture #telephoneexchange #architecturephotography #doorway
December 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
thisismyglasgow.bsky.social
The former Western Telephone Exchange on Highburgh Road in the west end of Glasgow. Built in 1907, it was designed by Leonard Stokes and Colin Menzies. It has now been converted into flats.

#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings
#oldtelephoneexchange #telephoneexchange #architecturephotography
November 9, 2025 at 9:50 AM
thisismyglasgow.bsky.social
The Bell Telephone Exchange on Ingram Street in Glasgow. While dated 1937, it actually opened in 1936, and served eastern Central Glasgow. Before All-Figure Numbers was introduced in the 1960s, it used the extension BELL.

#glasgow #telephoneexchange #architecture #architecturephotography
June 1, 2025 at 6:19 AM
thisismyglasgow.bsky.social
Telephone House on Pitt Street in Glasgow. Opened in 1937, it served at the city's Central Telephone Exchange. It handled numbers with the code CEN, until All-Figure Numbers replaced the letter-based codes for exchanges in the 1960s.

#glasgow #architecture #telephoneexchange
February 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
thisismyglasgow.bsky.social
The former Bridgeton Manual Telephone Exchange on Cubie Street in Glasgow. Designed by William Thomas Oldrieve in an Edwardian Baroque style, it was built in 1910.

#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #buildingphotography #architecturephotography #telephoneexchange
January 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
thisismyglasgow.bsky.social
I love the granduer of this Neo-Baroque style 1930s telephone exchange in the Tradeston area of Glasgow. I'm sure there are many uses it could be put to, but instead it's been left empty and decaying for years.

#glasgow #architecture #telephoneexchange #tradeston #architecturephotography
January 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
reggiemidnight.bsky.social
Ooh shiny wires!
But this is a no touching because it's history place. This is how speaking on the phone used to happen.
Switch. Plug. Switch!
Connecting...
Bring bring!
Hello!

#CalicoCritters #SylvanianFamilies #シルバニアファミリー #シルバニア #Ternurines #AvoncroftMuseum #telephoneexchange #phonehistory
A view down a line of machinery, some sections encased in metal boxes, others displaying exposed wires, connections and switches. Standing on one of the boxes is a tiny cradled sylvanian black cat baby in a long green wrap with high collar. It's Reggie!
May 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM