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unusual facts about switchboard


Switchboard

Switchboard of Miami, a nonprofit organization offering hotline, informational and referral services in Miami, Florida.


Chronophone

The Chronophone is an apparatus patented by Léon Gaumont in 1902 to synchronise the Cinématographe (Chrono-Bioscope) with a disc Phonograph (Cyclophone) using a "Conductor" or "Switchboard".

Eric Muenter

On July 2, 1915 at Muenter hid a package containing three sticks of dynamite with a timing mechanism set for nearly midnight under a telephone switchboard in the Senate reception room in the United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Houston GLBT Community Center

Numerous Houston organizations have previously had office space at the Center, including H.A.T.C.H.; Houston chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (P-FLAG); Pride Committee of Houston; Q-Patrol; Greater Houston GLBT Chamber of Commerce; Houston GLBT Political Caucus; the Black Lesbian and Gay Coalition; the Texas Human Rights Foundation; Southern Poverty Law Center; and the Gay and Lesbian Switchboard.

Jean Mode

The hotel manager knocked on her door around 3:15 a.m., after the switchboard light indicated that the telephone in her room was off the hook.

Magee, Mississippi

The Sanatorium Museum, a museum of memorabilia from the old tuberculosis hospital, includes the old telephone switchboard, a patient bedroom with nightstand, equipment and many photographs, located on Highway 49 North two miles (3 km) north of Magee, in Sanatorium, Mississippi.

Project Greek Island

All calls placed from the bunker were routed through the hotel's switchboard to make it appear as if they originated from the hotel itself.


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