Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!ames!sun-barr!texsun!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us (John R. Levine) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Telephone Museum in Boston Message-ID:Date: 20 Sep 89 15:24:27 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: Segue Software, Cambridge MA Lines: 18 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us In article you write: >Rushing in to the local New England Telephone building a few months ago to >pay my (typically late) bill, I stumbled across an interesting telephone >museum. It's in the New England Telephone building on Franklin Street in >Boston -- the city where, of course, the telephone was invented. ... When you're there, don't forget to make a pilgrimage to the Actual Spot where the phone was invented. It's in the sidewalk a block away in front of the JFK Federal Building. You can recognize it by the small granite pillar with a plaque on top and, of course, a pair of pay phones. There are other telephone historical spots around Boston. On Main Street in Cambridge is a building with a sign telling us that the first long-distance call happened there, between Cambridge and Boston. I presume in that context long-distance means between different exchanges. Regards, John Levine, johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us, {spdcc|ima|lotus}!esegue!johnl