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Livingston Telephone Company |
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501 N. Houston Avenue, Livingston,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
30° 43' 20.65157000004",
-94° 55' 45.0341200002"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
Polk County's oldest public utility, the Livingston Telephone Company was organized Aug. 3, 1903, with S. H. Smith as president. The locally owned, independent telephone exchange operated a 24-hour switchboard on the second floor of a building at 315 N. Jackson. the system started with 40 hand-cranked telephones in service. By the time creosoted poles were installed in 1909, there were 124 telephones in use. In 1959 the exchange was converted to a fully automatic dialing system.
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Livingston Telephone Company Historical Marker Location Map, Texas
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