First Transcontinental Telephone Line

First Transcontinental Telephone Line (HM2F5Q)

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N 40° 44.166', W 114° 2.617'

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On June 17, 1914The First TranscontinentalTelephone Line
was completed at this point on the border of Nevada and Utah. Construction forces of the Bell Telephone Company of Nevada and the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company met here, making the last splices in the wires which joined East and West in voice communications for the first time.
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HM NumberHM2F5Q
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Date Added Tuesday, March 26th, 2019 at 11:02am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)11T E 749642 N 4513667
Decimal Degrees40.73610000, -114.04361667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 44.166', W 114° 2.617'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 44' 9.9599999999998" N, 114° 2' 37.02" W
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