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From: johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us (John R. Levine)
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Subject: Re: Telephone Museum in Boston
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Date: 20 Sep 89 15:24:27 GMT
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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