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Identifier: belltelephonemag22amerrich (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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g attack inDecember, 1940, appears in a Brit-ish technical journal received at thetime this article was being prepared.This report provides further evi-dence that large size exchange cablesand central office equipment representthe material items most needed forprompt service restoration after abombing attack. Because of thescarcity of materials, Bell System en-gineers naturally wished to limit thewar emergency stock of cable to theminimum which seemed adequate. The photograph on page 180 showssome of the reels of cable in storageat one of the several concentration 1943 War Emergency Stocks m The Bell System 183 points. Every reel is in the clear,and in case of emergency can beloaded directly on a truck or cabletrailer at a moments notice and with-out unnecessary handling. To facili-tate locating quickly the particular pose of identifying each item in con-nection with periodic inventories. Central Office Equipment Speed can be gained in restoringa destroyed central office to service if
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A SECTION of used No. i manual switchboard is here being rewired before beingstored away ready for immediate use length, size, and type of cable de-sired, and to avoid possible error un-der the stress of emergency, eachreel is plainly stenciled with the neces-sary identifying information, as pic-tured on page 181. This plain mark-ing of each reel also serves the pur- the equipment to be installed Is pre-englneered to workable sizes of unitsand all of the necessary material fora complete installation is selected,crated, and clearly marked. Central office war-time emergencystocks were designed to meet these 184 Bell Telephone Magazine SEPTEMBER requirements. In preparing the vari-ous packaged units of central officeequipment, all shop assembling andconnecting that is practicable has beendone in advance. Cables have beenconnected and coiled for immediateuse. Every step has been taken thatcould facilitate portability and quick quickly by the use of manual equip-ment. Less detailed enginee

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