AT&T Norway , IL Class 1 Switching Center

USA / Illinois / Newark /
 antenna, Cold War 1947-1991, telecommunication, television / radio transmission tower, microwave tower / microwave transmission, repeater station, telephone switch
This is one of the 9, Class 1 regional long distance exchanges offices built by the Bell System back in the 1950's for the national Long Distance network.

long-lines.net/places-routes/NRWYILNO/index.html
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT&T_Long_Lines
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Coordinates:   41°27'20"N   88°37'17"W

Comments

  • I worked at Norway from February 1963 until I believe 1967. I was the traffic administrator for the Norway Autovon network. Anyone out there who was there in those wild start up years? Carol Johnsen
  • I started in 1964 at the 5XBAR testboard, went to school became tech in the machine, transferred to the 4A machine then took a promo to staff assistant in spfld dist. office. John Peight, Jim Strain and Don Buck were my early supv. Wound up on Chuck Jenkins staff at 1 so. wacker in chgo, Retired 12/31/1989
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