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Identifier: bellvol25telephonemag00amerrich (find matches)
Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
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medals pre-sented by the Association; and Mr. Woodfords was the prin-cipal address of the second day.s session. The substance oftheir remarks follows: I. Laurance G. IVoodford Early in 1944, the American Tele-phone and Telegraph Company an-nounced a five- to six-year construc-tion program involving 7,000 routemiles of coaxial cable. That programis now being compressed into aboutthree years, and additional routeshave been added to the enlarged pro-gram, so that by about 1950 we ex-pect to have some 12,000 route miles of this broad band cable in service.As of October i, about 2,700 milesof coaxial cable were in the ground,and construction is moving forwardrapidly at a rate which will approach3,000 miles next year. Right now,cable plow trains on the southerntranscontinental route are laying cablebetween Jackson, Miss., and Shreve-port, Louisiana, and are operating as 148 Bell Telephone Magazine AUTUMN THE BELL SYSTEM COAXIAL CABLE PROGRAM •OSTON NEW YORKPHILADELPHIAWASHINGTON RICHMOND
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COAXIAL CABLE NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR INSTALLED COAXIAL CASLE PLANNED R3R NEXT FEW YEARS NOTE: Theie coaiiials ar« b«ing initolled ond equipped forurgently needed telephone circuits. With ipecioladditional equipment, coaxial cablet con carr^television programs. Such service it now in experi-mental operation between Washington and New Yorfc .WEST PALIWBEACH The 12 fioo route miles—installed^ under constructio7i, or planned—comprisingthe Bell Systems nation-wide coaxial cable program which is scheduled for completion by about ig^o far west as El Paso. Other trainsare placing cable between Buffalo andCleveland. Coaxial cable is tailor-made to fitthe requirements of each type of ter-rain. Through cities it is placed inconduit; through areas subject to fre-quent electrical storms, it is enclosedin a special copper jacketing; throughparticularly rugged sections whererocks and boulders are encountered,and in crossing streams, a protectivearmor covering is used. The coaxial tubes firs

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