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The American Bell Is Founded
Alexander Graham Bell founds The American Bell in 1880(exact date is not known) with 30k phones is use. Bell was able to speak over a long beam of light using his patented photophone equipment. http://www.telephonetribute.com/timline.html
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30,872 Telephone Stations
The American Bell has now made 30,872 telephone stations in the U.S. on 1880(exact date not known). Now people are able to call by overhead line 45 miles from Boston to Providence. http://www.telephonetribute.com/timeline.html
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The Operator Change
Mr.Eckert, a man who ran a telephone company in Cinncinati, changed the operators from men to women in his company on 1881(exact date is not known). He says that women are always on hand, and that their service was much superior to men. He had convinced many other companies to change them too. www.telephonetribute.com/timeline.html
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The Western Electric Company
The American Bell purchases Western Electric on 1881(exact date is not known). Western Electric is an American electrical engineering and manufacturing company founded by Elisha Gray, a man who had a big part in the invention of the telephone, in 1872. www.telephonetribute.com/timeline.html
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Telephone Service
Telephone service is now opened for telephones between New York and Boston. This had made it possible to call from 235 miles away by a long overhead line of hard-drawn copper. www.telephonetribute.com/timeline.html
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AT&T
The American Bell forms a new subsidairy called AT&T(American Telephone and Telegraph) on 1885(exact date not known). AT&T is still here today and is used by many people all over the U.S. www.telephonetribute.com/timeline.html
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The Incorporation of AT&T
The New York company, AT&T( American Telephone and Telegraph) is finally incorporated on March 3, 1885. This means that they now work independantly of their origanal owners, The American Bell Company. www.telephonetribute.com/timeline.com
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Radio Waves
Heinrich Hertz, a German physicist, was the first man to discover and produce radio waves on 1888(exact date is not known). This allowed many things, such as military communication, radio, television, and other broadcasts, to be posssible www.wpclipart.com
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211,503 Telephone Stations
The American Bell has made 211,503 telephone stations in the U.S. on 1890. They have seven times as many telephones now, and later and ten years later the amount of stations is tripled to about 600,000 in the U.S. www.telephonetribute.com/timeline.html
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