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- Ohio Bell made innovative strides in telephone technology in its building for nearly four decades—including a $6.5 million relay system that allowed long-distance calls to be made to major cities along the East Coast—laying the groundwork for long-distance domestic and eventually overseas calls.
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In December 1979, the Ohio Bell Telephone Building was having a new $40 million switching system installed. The “Super Switcher” occupied two floors of the building and was designed to route up to 550,000 calls an hour. This was far larger than the previous 60-minute record of 160,000 calls.
The AT&T Huron Road Building (formally known as the Ohio Bell Building) is an art deco skyscraper located at 750 Huron Road in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. It serves as the corporate headquarters for Ohio Bell, a regional telephone company owned by AT&T.
Oct 19, 2023 · Hubbell and Benes’ Ohio Bell building replaced Charles Schweinfurth’s 1894 Cleveland Telephone Company Building—which was the last building to be torn down on Champlain Street to make way for the construction of the Terminal Tower.
The Ohio Bell Telephone Company, now doing business as AT&T Ohio, is the Bell Operating Company serving most of Ohio and parts of West Virginia. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T.
In 1920 Cleveland Telephone became the Ohio Bell Telephone Co. and purchased the Ohio property of the Central Union Telephone Co. In 1921 Ohio State Telephone merged with Ohio Bell. Over the next 4 years, Ohio Bell, based in Cleveland, unified telephone service throughout the state.
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Clad in Indiana limestone cut by the John A. Rowe Cut Stone Co., the Ohio Bell Telephone Building is an outstanding local example of the Art Deco style so popular in the 1920s.
