Glasgow Corporation Offices ; telephone numbers in the UK directory of the National Telephone Company, 1899 - 1900
By 1899 the UK National Telephone Company's complete directory, for the whole of Great Britain and Ireland, was available to subscribers in a single, bound volume. Relatively small format it wa sby now quite a thick book, showing the numbers by way of regional sections.
Section 2 was Glasgow and Scotland where industrial and commercial Glasgow by far had the largest coverage. Over two pages are the numbers for the various departments of the Corporation of the City of Glasgow, with the different exchange numbers. One interesting one is that for the Tramways Department. This was one of the earliest incarnations of this as the Corporation was in the throws of acquiring the privately operated Glasgow Carriage and Tramways Company, who operated horse cars on municipally leased tracks, and this would occur in 1901 allowing the city to electrifiy the tramway system.
The then equally privately owned and operated Glasgow District Subway is shown as well as various other individuals and organisations of interest. One, tucked away, is the organising body for what would be the large scale 1901 International Exhibition in the city.
The following year, 1901, would see another interesting development in telephony in Glasgow in that the City Council obtained powers and set up its own municipal telephone system. It was not a success and in 1906 it was sold on to the Post Office who were, of course, in time to acquire the whole NTC and effectively nationalise the UK network.
Glasgow Corporation Offices ; telephone numbers in the UK directory of the National Telephone Company, 1899 - 1900
By 1899 the UK National Telephone Company's complete directory, for the whole of Great Britain and Ireland, was available to subscribers in a single, bound volume. Relatively small format it wa sby now quite a thick book, showing the numbers by way of regional sections.
Section 2 was Glasgow and Scotland where industrial and commercial Glasgow by far had the largest coverage. Over two pages are the numbers for the various departments of the Corporation of the City of Glasgow, with the different exchange numbers. One interesting one is that for the Tramways Department. This was one of the earliest incarnations of this as the Corporation was in the throws of acquiring the privately operated Glasgow Carriage and Tramways Company, who operated horse cars on municipally leased tracks, and this would occur in 1901 allowing the city to electrifiy the tramway system.
The then equally privately owned and operated Glasgow District Subway is shown as well as various other individuals and organisations of interest. One, tucked away, is the organising body for what would be the large scale 1901 International Exhibition in the city.
The following year, 1901, would see another interesting development in telephony in Glasgow in that the City Council obtained powers and set up its own municipal telephone system. It was not a success and in 1906 it was sold on to the Post Office who were, of course, in time to acquire the whole NTC and effectively nationalise the UK network.