INLAND EMPIRE CENTRAL OFFICES
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BANNING
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Original California Water and Telephone Office.
Serves Banning and Cabazon.
Old Exchanges: VIctor 9 |
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BEAUMONT
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Original California Water and Telephone Office.
Old Exchanges: VIctor 5 |
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CALIMESA
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CHINO
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Chino: Chino was built in ~1950s and is located in a residential area and the CO is well designed and landscaped to fit into the neighborhood with minimal impacts. Old Exchanges: LYcoming 8 and NAtional 8 |
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CLAREMONT
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Original Associated Telephone office built in
the 1940's. Became dial in the early 1950's. Became
General telephone, GTE now Verizon. Old Exchanges: LYcoming 5, 6 and NAtional 4, 6. |
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CUCAMONGA
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Old Exchanges: YUkon 7 |
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DIAMOND BAR
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EDGEMONT
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Edgemont was built in the 1950s to serve the Moreno Valley area. The office was of strategic importance during the Cold War as it served as the CO for March Air Force Base and Western Strategic Command Headquarters. |
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ELSINORE
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Old Exchanges: MAin |
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ELSINORE "GRAND"
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Built by General Telephone to relieve Elsinore
"Main".
Old Exchanges: GRand 8 |
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ETIWANDA
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HEMET
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Office originally constructed in the 1940s to
serve the entire San Jacinto-Hemet Valley area.
Old Exchanges: OLive 8 |
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HOMELAND
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Office built by GTE in the late 70's to relieve Hemet and provide service to Homeland, Romoland and Winchester. |
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IDYLLWILD
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Located in the San Jacinto Mountains, CO was
built to relieve Hemet and provide service to the mountain resort communities
of Idyllwild and Pine Cove. Note the classic General Telephone
signage still exists.
Old Exchanges: OLive 9
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LOMA LINDA
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Old Exchanges: PYramid 6 |
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LOS SERRANOS
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Built in the late 1970s to serve the growing Chino Hills development.
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MENTONE
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Old Exchanges: PYramid 4 |
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MURRIETA
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Murrieta: A very quaint CO located in the heart of this old town. Office is designed to fit into the local architecture of Western style buildings. False windows and fake balconies adorn the exterior facade. Old Exchanges: ORchard 7
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ONTARIO
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Ontario Ontario is the Tandem CO for the Inland Empire region. Old Exchanges: YUkon 4 and YUkon 6
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ONTARIO AIRPORT
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Built in the early 1980s to relieve Ontario Main and serve the growing industrial developments around the airport. |
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ONTARIO SOUTH
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PERRIS
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Old Exchanges: OLympia 7 |
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QUAIL VALLEY (Thanks to Chuck in Quail Valley) |
Serves Quail Valley and Railroad Canyon. |
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RANCHO CALIFORNIA
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REDLANDS
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Old Exchanges: PYramid 2 and PYramid 3 |
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SAN BERNARDINO
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Original General Telephone Office. Has microwave links to the various CO's in the mountain resort areas hence stylized tower. Old Exchanges: TUxedo 5, TUxedo 8, and TUrner 4 |
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SAN BERNARDINO "MARSHALL"
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Old Exchanges: TUrner 2, TUrner 3 and TUrner 6 |
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SAN BERNARDINO "NORTON"
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Norton was originally constructed to be a dedicated CO to the Norton Air Force Base during the 1950s. This office played a crucial role during the cold war and provided normal and secured communications for the military. When the base was decommissioned in the early 1990s, GTE continued operation of the CO to relive San Bernardino Main with growth to the east and to serve the new San Bernardino International Airport and Commerce Center. |
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SAN BERNARDINO " WATERMAN"
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Newer CO built in early 1990s, to relieve San Bernardino Main and Loma Linda |
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SAN JACINTO
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Built by General Telephone in the late 1950s to
relieve Hemet.
Old Exchanges: OLive 4 |
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SUN CITY |
Sun City:
This CO built in the late 50's is located in the retirement community of Sun City. Even the office is designed to look like the older style homes with decorated concrete brick, gravel "grass" and pine shrubs which is so reminiscent of the numerous trailer parks and retirement homes in the area.
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SUNNYMEAD
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Newer CO (1980s) to serve the eastern Moreno Valley area. |
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TEMECULA
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A rather new CO located in an industrial park and designed just like the neighboring concrete tilt-up buildings. |
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TEMECULA "REDHAWK"
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Another new addition to the growing southwestern Temecula area. CO has nice exterior features including metal design work and colorful facades.
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VALLE VISTA
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Office built by GTE in the 1970s to relieve Hemet and San Jacinto. |
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YUCAIPA
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Old Exchanges: PYramid 7 |
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