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tpd to upgrade phones

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by TBHC @ 11:13 am

95 years ago…

October 18, 1911 – Plans are laid out for a new telegraph and telephone system for Tampa’s police department. The new system, anticipated to cost $6,800 ($135,000 in today’s dollars), will be able to accommodate thirty call boxes, almost twice as many as the old system.

Courtesy of the Tampa Bay History Center.

Tags: city, crime, law enforcement, on this day, tampa, utilities

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One Response to “tpd to upgrade phones”

Wesley Snipes Says:
October 19th, 2006 at 10:36 am
What’s sad is that they are still using the same equipment today.

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