All posts tagged "telephone"
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12.4K1Business and LaborThe Rise and Fall of the Fore River Shipyard
The Fore River Shipyard started out as a farm in East Braintree, Mass., when Thomas Watson bought it. Watson had loaned money...
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18.9K2ConnecticutThe Tariffville Disaster Inspires the First Emergency Phone Call
The Tariffville disaster, a train wreck near Hartford, prompted the first-ever emergency telephone call when a doctor summoned help from a local...
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18.0K4Business and LaborHold Please: George Coy Launched the First Commercial Telephone Exchange
In January of 1878, George Coy of New Haven, Conn., gave birth to a new American tradition – the wrong number. Butt...
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24.8K9Business and LaborEmma Nutt, The World’s 1st Woman Telephone Operator
When Emma Nutt reported for work at the Edwin Holmes Telephone Dispatch Company in Boston on Sept. 1, 1878, she became the...
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7.3K9MassachusettsTwo Famous Phrases, One Shipyard
The Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Mass., has a connection to two famous phrases. “Mr. Watson, Come here, I want to see...
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