Mojave Phone Booth Site

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The site of the former Mojave Phone Booth, a phone booth famous for its extreme distance from any settlements. It became a cult phenomenon, attracting calls from around the world. It was built circa 1942 and removed May 17, 2000.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojave_phone_booth
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Coordinates:   35°17'8"N   115°41'3"W

Comments

  • The placement is correct. "In 1998 Pacific Bell spokesman Steve Allen said, "Though the initial installation date is not known, the Pacific Bell pay phone on Aiken Mine Road has been there for several decades. It was put there originally as a policy station, a California program that mandates phone installation for the safety, health and welfare of residents in remote locations." --- http://deuceofclubs.com/moj/mojave.htm
  • The wife and I visited the phone shortly before National Park Service vandals removed it. In 12 hours over two days we logged 178 incoming calls from all over the World. My favorites were a bunch of drunks in Poland who kept calling the first day. The next day one sobered up and called in English, asking what they had been calling last night. When I told him they had spent half an hour calling nowhere at International Day Rates he hung up instantly.
  • Is unfortunate the National Park Service believes humans and all traces of their history should be cleaned from the earth. http://deserttripper.99k.org/mpbpostscript.html
  • PCmaps is so right. The NPS and some other government and NGO bodies seem to want to turn many areas, even those heavily affected by Humans, back into "Wilderness Areas" as if that c an be their only purpose. Often the Human activity is much of what draws people there. That phone booth was in a cell phone dead zone. It was the one way to call for help in a huge area.
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