Copper Termination Blocks

Fri Apr 15 21:23:19 UTC 2022

Gratuitous anecdote:

When we moved into 1330 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA (the SS Pierce
Building, 19th c) the phone closet had knob & bolt copper termination
blocks.

At some point the telco, then New England Telephone, came to replace
them with 66 blocks.

As they worked I joked that they look like Alexander Graham Bell put
these in himself!

One replied:

Well, this is a prominent building, and Bell was the founder of New
England Telephone, so there is a pretty good chance he did or stood
right here managing.

-- 
        -Barry Shein

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