Title |
Telephone Lines P.1 |
Collection |
Utah State Historical Society Classified Photo Collection |
File Name |
Telephone_Lines_p.1.tif |
Photo Number |
18105 |
Classification |
384.6 |
Publisher |
Utah State Historical Society |
Date of Photograph |
17 June 1914 |
Date |
1914-06-17 |
Subject |
Telephone lines |
Corporate Name |
AT&T |
Spatial Coverage |
Utah, Tooele County, Wendover |
Description |
Final pole of the first transcontinental telephone line, placed into service on June 17, 1914, was located on the Nevada-Utah state line at Wendover, Utah. The line was opened for commercial service on January 25 of the following year. |
Rights Management |
Digital Image © 2014 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved. |
Holding Institution |
Utah State Historical Society |
Relation |
Classified Photograph Collection, 384 Mail Systems, Pony Express, Telegraph |
Source Format |
Print photograph |
Source Donors |
AT&T |
Type |
Image/StillImage |
Format |
image/jpeg |
Format Creation |
Original scanned on Epson Perfection 1240 and saved as 800 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000 pixels on the long axis. |
Scanned By |
Karl Nicholson; Earl Hindley |
Barcode Identifier |
93222001414940 |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s65h8xnz |
Setname |
dha_cp |
ID |
454733 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65h8xnz |