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From: rjn@hpfcso.hp.com (Bob Niland)
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Subject: Re: Last USA Crank-Style Phones to be Replaced
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Date: 15 Jul 90 00:08:16 GMT
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>>"Today," the town of North Falls, Idaho is the last remaining location
>>in the United States that still operates hand-crank telephones.

> Is this truely the last magneto system? I thought that about a posting 
> awhile back about magneto systems in Nevada.

When I was living in Maine (over a decade ago), the town of Bryant
Pond still had crank, and was fighting to keep it.


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