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  • Crank-Style Telephone at Cracker Barrel in Waycross, Georgia

    crank-style telephone mounted on wood wall

    A few weeks ago, I saw this crank-style telephone hanging on the wall to the left of the fireplace in the Cracker Barrel Restaurant in Waycross, Georgia. It’s plaque on the front says, “Chicago Telephone Supply Company Elkhart, Indiana, U.S.A.” I didn’t think to try turning the crank handle on the right side to see if the dynamo was still installed. Also, the top box seems to be missing the locking mechanism (just the hole is seen on the left under the ringer).

    crank-style telephone mounted on wood wall

    There is some dissonance viewing the phone from this angle, because you can see the flat screen computer monitors used by the restaurant employees in the alcove on the left.

    crank-style telephone mounted on wood wall

  • Telephone Wire Termination Box at 7th St and 7th Ave in Brooklyn

    Telco wiring termination box in Brooklyn, New York.

    Walking back from Barnes and Noble yesterday, I saw this telco wiring termination box with its cover open at the corner of 7th Street and 7th Avenue. Was this enough capacity for the block between 7th and 6th Avenues? It looks pretty sparse–considering fewer homes have landlines now than in the past. It’s probably seen better days when it was chock full of wires serving the houses and apartments all along the block. Also, it’s got yellow warning labels shouting “Do Not Cross with Jumpers,” and there are a handful of marking tags on strings tied to wires with a lark’s head knot.

  • AT&T Cable Route

    AT&T Cable Route metal sign

    Long before AT&T was having massive data breaches, they were burying cables and putting up these signs in the back country to warn would-be diggers from slicing through buried copper or fiber optic cables.