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ACTON

Built in the late 1970s by Pacific Telephone & Telegraph to relieve the Palmdale office.  Remote switch hosted by Palmdale.

 



AGUA DULCE

Another rural office built in the late 1970s by Pacific Telephone & Telegraph to relieve the Palmdale office.  Remote switch hosted by Palmdale

 

BAKER

 

Type: Rural

Remote CO serving the town of Baker and the famous world's largest thermometer.  Located along the Interstate 15 corridor between Los Angeles and Las Vegas.  Hosted out of Colton CO.



LAKE LOS ANGELES
Built in the 1970s by Pacific Telephone & Telegraph to relieve the Little Rock office and replace manual toll stations in the Big Butte Rate Center.


LEONA VALLEY
Built in the late 1970s by Pacific Telephone & Telegraph to relieve the Palmdale office.  Remote switch hosted by Palmdale office.

MOJAVE

 

Mojave is a remote switch hosted from Tehachapi.

Old Exchanges: VAlley 4



PALMDALE
Original Southern California Telephone Company office serving the Palmdale region of the High Desert.  Became a dial office in the early 1950s.

Old Exchanges:  WIndsor 7


PALMDALE 12 "PEARLAND"

Constructed by Pacific Bell in the early 1990s to relieve the Palmdale office and support the residential and commercial growth along the Highway 138 corridor.

 

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