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A second switchboard is still in operation for internal communication and can be tried out. Here are show signs in place of lights. Switzerland, Aug 31, 2019. (12/23)
Red Flag, Wendover, Utah, July 1983
In July 1983, some of us from my Air National Guard unit went to Wendover AFB, Utah, to provide communications support for a Red Flag exercise. Wendover had a WW2 vintage air base that was used for training exercises. Other than lengthening the runway to accommodate jets, the base hadn't changed much since WW2 and we were put up in 50 person dorms without much climate control.
Wendover is at the west end of the Bonneville Salt Flats were land speed records are set. It is where the Western Pacific and Interstate 80 cross from Utah to Nevada.
I wanted to drive, but our orders said to fly, so our unit and our duffle bags went into a C-130 and we flew from McClellan AFB in Sacramento to Wendover.
The planes flying out of Wendover that summer were F-15s from the 1st Fighter Wing. I didn't have need to know about what the flying part of the exercise was practicing, I just kept some of the comm gear functional.
During the day, the phones we installed were direct dial, but at night, the switchboard went to manual operation to give some of our operators a chance to train. One night I was at the site and the operator said, "Mike, come listen to this!" Now US military phones are subject to monitoring at all times, so there was nothing improper about the operator and I listening in as a guy at Wendover and his wife or girlfriend had phone sex..."Oh, baby, I'm gonna put you to bed horny tonight..." We were busing up.
I brought my bike and intended to ride over the track to see some rail activity, but I think I only made it one afternoon after work before the bike got a flat and I didn't have a repair kit. So instead of being a train nerd, I hung out with everyone else and drank beer.
We did get the chance to go up in a Huey helicopter for a scenic tour of Wendover from the air. I got photos of the UP as well as the base.
Our unit was the 149th Combat Communications Squadron, which was part of the 162nd Combat Comm Group. We had people from several 162nd squadrons at Wendover, so somebody found some coal and we made a 162nd bear at the end of one runway. The bear shows in one of my photos from the Huey
The rest of the photos are of airplains, people and a bit of the scenic delights of Wendover
The switchboard was removed shortly after this photo was taken in 2004. The last patch on the board was "The Pirates of Penzance". It was made by HUB Electric Company for the school in 1967, where it would have originally been attached to manually driven autotransformer dimmers that would require a large crew for a single scene change. By the time I got there, the manual dimmers were replaced by the "gorilla proof" Teatronics dimmers and a Teatronics Tech Director console.
Manning the switchboards for Fire! at Kongsberg 2016.
Neopan 400 @ 400 ISO, D-76 @ 1+3 for 15:00. Leica MP + Noctilux.
Transcription:
Superintendent's Office
Gold Coast District
SOUTHPORT. 4215
2 January 1979
Relative to:- Sighting of unidentified object at Southport Police Station on the 2nd January 1979.
Sir
I have to report with reference to the above that on the above date I was performing duty from 12.00 midnight to 8.00 a.m. in the Communications Centre at Southport Police Station. I was performing duty with Constable I.J. Janson.
At about 2.42 a.m. I overheard a conversation between Constable Hatton and another Police Officer on the police radio. Hatton stated that he could see a U.F.O. off the coast at Miami. With Constable Janson I went outside and looking in an easterly direction I saw a white coloured light in the sky.
At this point Mr. Colin Campbell, a private security officer called at the Police Station and I asked him to view the object also. Campbell obtain two (2) pairs of binoculars from his vehicle and when viewed through these the light appeared redish [reddish] in colour and later took on a green/blue colour.
The object appeared to be moving from left to right very slowly. I then contacted the Southport Ambulance whose Station is next door to the Police and officers Fox, Ryan, and another officer viewed the object with us.
I then contacted Senior Sergeant Cumner and he had informed me that he has also seen the object. I then telephoned radio station 4GG and asked if they had heard anything concerning the sighting and the girl announcer stated she had not. This woman later called back and stated that she had also seen the object.
The object then appeared to be gaining altitude and growing dimer [dimmer]. By 5.30 a.m. the object was almost overhead and could only be seen as a tiny spec [speck] of light. The switchboard at the Police Station then became busy and I did not view the object again however, at 6.00 a.m. when I again looked it had disappeared.
I have since heard that on this particular night the planet Venus appeared very clearly. I am on the opinion that this was in fact the object which was sighted by myself and the other officers.
Detectives Edwards and Lysaght called at the Station whilst the object was visible and also viewed it with the binoculars. Perhaps they could also assist in this inquiry.
D.F.G. Kuss
Constable.
The Superintendent of Police
GOLD COAST DISTRICT
1. Copy to Constable Janson for attention and report.
2. O/c Police
C.I. Branch
Gold Coast
For attention and report by Det. Lysaght. Please obtain statements from Ambulance officers Fox and Ryan and Mr. Campbell.
\u003cinitials\u003e
Superintendent
2.1.79
O/c Police
Southport
For attention and report by Constable Janson.
Superintendent
2.1.79.
One of 7 vintage Kellogg telephones in the Seelye Mansion. Made in Chicago, Illinois.
Seelye Mansion, Abilene, Kansas
From Wikipedia:
Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Company was a major manufacturer of telephone exchange equipment. It was founded in Chicago, Illinois, by Milo G. Kellogg, an electrical engineer. Along with Western Electric (who supplied the Bell system), Automatic Electric (who supplied General Telephone) and Stromberg-Carlson, it controlled the nation's supply of telephone equipment until after World War II.[1]
History
Kellogg was born into a prominent and wealthy New England family. He attended prep school, and received two degrees in engineering from the University of Rochester. He married into one of Chicago's most prestigious families, and relocated to Illinois.[2]
In the 1880s, Kellogg had been a manager at Western Electric (he was superintendent of Western Electric's Chicago manufacturing and research plant) and the Southern Telephone and Telegraph Company.[3] In 1897, with Alexander Graham Bell's patent for the telephone expiring, Kellogg set up his own manufacturing firm, Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Company. Kellogg himself held more than 150 patents, and he had invented and patented the Divided Multiple telephone switchboard. The new company manufactured the equipment as its flagship product. This switchboard offered greater flexibility and efficiency than earlier designs in handling large numbers of telephone subscribers at each urban exchange.[4] Kellogg Switchboard & Supply primarily supplied local independent telephone companies.[1]
Fight for control
In 1901, Kellogg fell seriously ill. His brother-in-law, Wallace De Wolf, proved to be a poor manager. Concerned that the company might fail, De Wolf secretly sold a majority of Kellogg's stock to Western Electric. Easily manipulated by Western Electric executives and legal advisors, De Wolf also helped Western Electric attempt to take over the country's other large telephone equipment manufacturer, Stromberg-Carlson. A bitter stockholder fight ensued, which led to Stromberg-Carlson's reincorporation as a New York state corporation in 1902.[1][3][4]
Milo Kellogg recovered his health, and discovered what De Wolf had done. Kellogg sued to stop the sale of his stock. In two separate decisions by the Supreme Court of Illinois—Brown v. Cragg, 230 Ill. 299 (1907) and Dunbar v. American Telephone and Telegraph, 238 Ill. 456 (1909)—Kellogg retained ownership of his company.[5]
1903 strike
In 1903, the Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Company was the target of a bitter strike by the Brass Molder's Union Local 83 and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Kellogg Switchboard & Supply was supported by the Bell Telephone Trust (which at the time owned most of Kellogg Switchboard's stock), the Illinois Manufacturers' Association, and the Employers' Association of Chicago. Kellogg Switchboard sued to stop the Teamsters from engaging in their sympathy strike, and won an injunction forcing the drivers back to work.[6] The Kellogg company refused to negotiate, fired nearly 90 percent of its workforce, and broke the strike.[1][7]
Post-WWII history
The company prospered in the early 20th century. It introduced the Relaymatic automatic switching system in 1939 and a crossbar switching system in 1950.[citation needed]
The ITT Corporation purchased a controlling interest in Kellogg Switchboard & Supply in 1951, rebranding the new division's equipment as ITT Kellogg for a decade. It then became ITT Telecommunications, but reverted to ITT Kellog in 1986.[citation needed] Among ITT Kellog's acquisitions in the 1950s was telephone manufacturer Federal Telephone & Radio.[8]
In 1989, ITT sold its telecommunications product lines, including ITT Kellogg, to Alcatel, now Alcatel-Lucent. The company's U.S. operations were later sold and went private. What is left of Kellogg Switchboard & Supply now goes by the name Cortelco Kellogg. It is owned by Cortelco (Corinth Telecommunications Corporation) and is based in Corinth, Mississippi.[citation needed]
On December 12, 2008 eOn Communications announced an agreement to acquire Cortelco Systems Holding Corporation.[9]
The Manual Switchboard plug and the three connections it had. Two for the audio pair (50 V DC voltage) and one for ringing telephones (a AC voltage)
It is in the first room when you come in, on the wall opposite the dining table. In a small military command and combat bunker from the time of World War II with two machine gun positions. This plant in the Réduit front sector Schollberg-Sarganserau-Tschingel was declassified as a last. Sargans, Switzerland, July 10, 2013.
Item 37908, Pike Place Market Visual Images and Audiotapes (Record Series 1628-02), Seattle Municipal Archives.
Pride London, 3 July 2010.
DISCLAIMER: THIS IS NOT WAYNE ROONEY.
He kept trying to give me cards (forgetting that he had already done so). Actually one of the best looking guys of the whole day, even though he looks like a good looking Wayne Rooney. I don't fancy Wayne Rooney at all!
We were told not to touch it as no one knows if this still is operational or not. If it is, we could kill telecommunications for the area. Ah well, at least it's bright red and chalkboard green.
Substation located at 7th and Yesler. Item 3889, Engineering Department Photographic Negatives (Record Series 2613-07), Seattle Municipal Archives.
American and German vehicular- and field radio equipment, radio receivers, beacons, portable communications units, field telephone- and other wire-related switchboards, remote control sets and a range of accessories.
On display are for example the „workhorses“ of the infantry such as the legendary U.S. „handie talkie“ SCR 536 and BC-1000/SCR-300 radios complete with all their accessories, as well as the famous German “Feld.fu b and c” „Tornisterfunkgerät“ or „Bertha-Gerät“ “Conrad Gerät” sets in their brown bakelite housing, the “Tornister-Empfänger b” and “Tornister Funkgerät Fu d2” (“Dora-Gerät). All radios are fairly complete with spare batteries, aerials, special antennas, earphones, microphones, throat microphones, Morse keys, spare valves and other accessories.
On the German side are also a selection of field phones or either standard issue, WWI recycled vintage, as well as from captured and modified stocks of Czech, Polish, French and other origins. A broad selection of all kind of wire equipment accessories: cable dispensers, harnesses, climbing equipment, power-phone sets, lineman tools, ...... and so on, completes the exhibit.
The „highlights“ are certainly a German „bunker“ phone, German teletypewriter of 1942 issue, German light signaling radio equipment, as well as on the U.S. side the personal „handie talkie“ donated to the museum by H.R.H. Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg, which H.R.H. used as an officer of the „Irish Guards“ during the liberation of Luxembourg by U.S. forces in mid-September 1944, a 4-unit “easy to transport and conceal” RR-6 radio, as used by special agents of the OSS in 1944/45 in Europe
One of the main switchboards which provide power to the racks, with two panels open. On the right the copper feeder bars are exposed.
Battleship TEXAS State Historic Site Web site: www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/battleship_texas
I'm writing a story about the ship for "Texas Highways" magazine - should be published September 2009. Magazine Web site: www.texashighways.com/
This photograph was used in the Tyndall Target vol. 1, issue 19, page 3: "Captain John Thorpe, commander of the Signal Service Company a former official of AT&T. MIT graduate in 1936." Power switchboard for telephones. Note the batteries in the background.
Tibet Foundation
Tibet Foundation Earthquake Appeal 2008
Update: 17 July 2008
Tibet Foundation has so far sent £24,000 to schools in the disaster
area inside Tibet.
This is around RMB 325,000 Chinese Yuan or $ 48,000 US Dollars.
There remains an urgent need for long term rehabilitation work
particularly in schools.
Our second stage target is to raise £50,000 for rehabilitation and
relief work in the Tibetan areas in which we have been working since
1993 through our Aid to Tibet programme.
Our current identified priorities remain for community level
interventions where we can make a real difference through local
action.
Donate Now:
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Other Ways to Donate:
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One of the best ways of helping is to set up a standing order:
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Money Distributed so Far
We have supported schools with food and blankets to a total of £9,000.
We have committed £13,000 to furniture and equipment for schools.
We have supported an orphanage with an immediate grant of £2,000 for
children with special needs. This has doubled its numbers to over 100
needy children and we will make a series of small grants to schools
and longer term education sponsorships for children in the earthquake
areas.
The Ark - Longkang Orphanage has 43 children aged 3-12. They are of
Tibetan background, with mental and physical special needs. Some
minor, some more serious.
They have one doctor and rely on their own resources, with a lot of
volunteer, labour, materials and benefit in kind support from local
communities. It is located 2 miles north of Jiuzhaigou National Park.
The plan is to take in another 60 young people with special needs from
the Quake area in the next weeks.
However there isn't the capacity long term to house and feed over 100
children, especially given the extra needs of these young people.
Therefore this is likely to be for the short term (less than 1 year).
Although there is currently a great deal of uncertainty in the
aftermath of this huge disaster.
Contributions have come in from our supporters and many Tibetans from
across the world.
We are very grateful for this and are committed to working to help the
vulnerable who will bear the consequences of this terrible natural
disaster.
My sincere appreciation for your generosity,
Karma Hardy
Director
karma.hardy@tibet-foundation.org
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One of the best ways of helping is to set up a standing order to Tibet
Foundation, please contact the office to find out the best way to do
this or click on the link below and print out the form and return it
to us.
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Tibet Foundation is a registered UK charity founded and managed by
Tibetans to work both in exile and inside ethnic Tibetan areas in
China.
The area in which we have been working is Kandze is all within 300km
of the epicentre of the earthquake near Yingxiu.
Kandze is the name given both to the region (Kandze Autonomous
Prefecture) and a county (Kandze County) in the north west of Sichuan
Tibet Foundation is continuing to approach other funders and we
welcome the opportunity to discuss our appeal and would like to make
the offer of being available by email, telephone and meeting in
person.
The 12th May 7.9 earthquake hit the Sichuan Aba Tibetan and Qiang
Autonomous Prefecture in Wenchuan County and affected more than half
of China and beyond to neighbouring countries.
The epicentre was in Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture.
Aba is also known as the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture.
Aba Tibetan Prefecture has been affected mainly in terms of
infrastructure, roads, bridges and transport hubs in the region.
Tibetan areas adjacent to Wenchuan (which in Tibetan language is
called "Lung Kuo") were badly affected by the quake. But Wenchuan and
the surrounding towns and cities are mainly Han Chinese. The Tibetan
areas lie further afield. For that reason, the damage may prove to be
less extensive there than closer to the epicentre. As Tibetan homes
tend to be traditionally made of wood, they are better able to
withstand quake damage. Although the effects of the quake were felt
very powerfully above 3000m, the damage was greatest in the zone of
500m to 1000m with the higher population.
Fax +44 207 930 6002
office@tibet-foundation.org
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This switchboard was manned 24 hours around the clock. During the night with one person, on the day with two people. In maneuvers there were four people at work here and at the same time, the telephone exchange at the command post was taken in operation.
Military fortress «Furggels» above Pfäfers, St. Margrethenberg, Switzerland, Sep 25, 2010.
"Malé náměstí (also Malý rynek or Malý ryneček in olden times, Kleiner Ring in German) is a triangular- shaped square in Prague's Old Town, in the immediate vicinity of Old Town Square and Franz Kafka Square.
The square is surrounded by exhibition houses, which are mostly cultural monuments. Among them, Rott's house No. 142 on the west side stands out the most, where there used to be a well-known ironworks. The eastern side of the square is lined with an archway. In the middle stands an exhibition fountain with a forged Renaissance lattice. Its reconstruction was carried out between 1877 and 1878 by locksmith Jindřich Duffé.
In 1882, the first telephone switchboard in Prague was set up in the so-called Richter's House (U Modrého jelena) No. 459; it was in operation until 1902. In 1887, the terminus of the first line of the Prague Pipeline Post was established here. The house was built on the site of several older houses, one of which, called "U Mouřenina", had a pharmacy in the second half of the 14th century by the Florentine apothecary Augustin, owner of the garden on Slup.
Other houses also have their house signs (At the White Lion, At the Golden Lily, At the Black Hobby). On the south side there is a house called In Paradise or U anděla - No. 144/1, in which the imperial apothecary Angelo of Florence, the owner of the "Andělská zahrady" in Jindřišská street, had a pharmacy as early as 1374.
The former Royal Road from the Old Town towards Prague Castle also passes through Malá náměstí.
The Old Town of Prague (Czech: Staré Město pražské, German: Prager Altstadt) is a medieval settlement of Prague, Czech Republic. It was separated from the outside by a semi-circular moat and wall, connected to the Vltava river at both of its ends. The moat is now covered up by the streets (from north to south-west) Revoluční, Na Příkopě, and Národní—which remain the official boundary of the cadastral community of Old Town. It is now part of Prague 1.
Notable places in the Old Town include Old Town Square and Astronomical Clock. The Old Town is surrounded by the New Town of Prague. Across the river Vltava connected by the Charles Bridge is the Lesser Town of Prague (Czech: Malá Strana). The former Jewish Town (Josefov) is located in the northwest corner of Old Town heading towards the Vltava.
Prague (/ˈprɑːɡ/ PRAHG; Czech: Praha [ˈpraɦa]; German: Prag [pʁaːk]; Latin: Praga) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate oceanic climate, with relatively warm summers and chilly winters.
Prague is a political, cultural, and economic hub of central Europe, with a rich history and Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architectures. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV (r. 1346–1378) and Rudolf II (r. 1575–1611).
It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austro-Hungarian Empire. The city played major roles in the Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history as the capital of Czechoslovakia between the World Wars and the post-war Communist era.
Prague is home to a number of well-known cultural attractions, many of which survived the violence and destruction of 20th-century Europe. Main attractions include Prague Castle, Charles Bridge, Old Town Square with the Prague astronomical clock, the Jewish Quarter, Petřín hill and Vyšehrad. Since 1992, the historic center of Prague has been included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.
The city has more than ten major museums, along with numerous theatres, galleries, cinemas, and other historical exhibits. An extensive modern public transportation system connects the city. It is home to a wide range of public and private schools, including Charles University in Prague, the oldest university in Central Europe.
Prague is classified as a "Alpha-" global city according to GaWC studies. In 2019, the city was ranked as 69th most livable city in the world by Mercer. In the same year, the PICSA Index ranked the city as 13th most livable city in the world. Its rich history makes it a popular tourist destination and as of 2017, the city receives more than 8.5 million international visitors annually. In 2017, Prague was listed as the fifth most visited European city after London, Paris, Rome, and Istanbul.
Bohemia (Latin Bohemia, German Böhmen, Polish Czechy) is a region in the west of the Czech Republic. Previously, as a kingdom, they were the center of the Czech Crown. The root of the word Czech probably corresponds to the meaning of man. The Latin equivalent of Bohemia, originally Boiohaemum (literally "land of Battles"), which over time also influenced the names in other languages, is derived from the Celtic tribe of the Boios, who lived in this area from the 4th to the 1st century BC Bohemia on it borders Germany in the west, Austria in the south, Moravia in the east and Poland in the north. Geographically, they are bounded from the north, west and south by a chain of mountains, the highest of which are the Krkonoše Mountains, in which the highest mountain of Bohemia, Sněžka, is also located. The most important rivers are the Elbe and the Vltava, with the fertile Polabean Plain extending around the Elbe. The capital and largest city of Bohemia is Prague, other important cities include, for example, Pilsen, Karlovy Vary, Kladno, Ústí nad Labem, Liberec, Hradec Králové, Pardubice and České Budějovice, Jihlava also lies partly on the historical territory of Bohemia." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
Now on Instagram.
One of a selection of images gathered by Michelle A. Hamilton for use in her book, Dr. Oronhyatekha: Security, Justice and Peace.
Description: 7th Naval Construction Battalion, Espirtu Santo, communications hut, showing Navy switchboard
Date: Jan 1943
Creator/Photographer: 7th Naval Construction Battalion
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: U.S. Navy Seabee Museum, Collections Department, Port Hueneme, CA 93043, www.history.navy.mil/museums/seabee_museum.htm
Call Number: SM-05
SF-88 is a former Nike Missile base in the Marin Headlands that's been restored to near-original condition.
Nike missiles were anti-aircraft weapons designed to shoot down Russian bombers. They were equipped with either nuclear or conventional warheads, and hundreds of Nike batteries were deployed around major American cities from the 1950s until the early 1970s.