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On 1 February 1925 six Auckland telephone exchanges were switched from manual to automatic operation. These were Wellesley Street, Mt Eden, Ponsonby, Remuera, Devonport and Takapuna. This design for the exchange at Takapuna was drawn in 1918, but the lighting was not installed and the painting not done until late in 1924, ready for the start of operations. According to Te Ara “Between 1910 and 1950 the number of telephones grew more than tenfold – from around 33,000 to more than 350,000. Much of the growth took place in the interwar years. Increasing suburbanisation was met and fostered by the spread of exchanges into suburbs. Enhanced carrier technology allowed more calls to be carried on each line by the use of wireless frequency modulation techniques. Private (from 1925) and rural (1929) automatic exchanges – PABXs and RAXs – increased government, commercial and rural use of phones. In 1922/23, telecommunications revenues outstripped postal revenue for the first time.” The plan is from a Public Works file held at Auckland Regional Office – BBAD 1054/2075a – Post Offices – Takapuna Automatic Telephone Exchange. For further information please email Auckland.Archives@dia.govt.nz For updates on our On This Day series and news from Archives New Zealand, follow us on Twitter twitter.com/ArchivesNZ Material from Archives New Zealand |
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