10-08-2015, 04:49 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-08-2015, 04:49 PM by ppppenguin.)
I've been in an old style exchange battery room. When I was a kid the FInchley exchange (now 8346, 8349 and probably others, I'm on North FInchley) held an open day. Saw wonderful rooms full of clattering Strowger kit. The battery room was dank, dark and mysterious. A nasty acidic twang in the air. Each of the 24 cells was about 2 feet cube, at least that's how I remember it. Busbars perhaps 6"x1". Definitely not a nice place.
Some years later, c1983, the same exchange had another open day to show off their new TXE kit. Rooms full of silent Strowger replaced by something a fraction of the size. The battery room was light and bright, each cell no bigger than a car battery.
I can't imagine BT having an open day now at an exchange.
Some years later, c1983, the same exchange had another open day to show off their new TXE kit. Rooms full of silent Strowger replaced by something a fraction of the size. The battery room was light and bright, each cell no bigger than a car battery.
I can't imagine BT having an open day now at an exchange.
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