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NORTH CAROLINA TELEPHONE CENTRAL OFFICE'S

 

Here are some Central Offices of North Carolina

Thank you to the late Parris Wood for his picture contributions and comments. 

 

 

AHOSKIE

 

Original Carolina Telephone and Telegraph office (CT&T), then United Telephone now Sprint Mid-Atlantic.

AULANDER

 

Original CT&T Remote Switch.

BETHAL

 

Nice, classic sprint logo.

BUXTON

 

CT&T now Sprint.  Buxton is the start of a small microwave chain that connects the switch on Ocracoke Island to fiber connected sand bar of the main outer banks via the switch at Hatteras.

BUXTON (HATTERAS)

 

Original Norfolk & Carolina Telephone and Telegraph office.  Serves Hatteras Island and the Outer Banks.

COINJOCK

 

Sprint

COLERAIN

 

CT&T-United Tel.-Sprint Mid-Atlantic.

COLUMBIA

 

Construction is similar to Bethal, Aulander and Gatesville.  Probably constructed during the same time late 1960s-ealry 1970s.

CONWAY

 

 

CRESWELL

 

 

EDENTON

 

Sprint Remote Switch

ENFIELD

 

CT&T, Sprint Mid-Atlantic remote switch.

GATESVILLE

 

Sprint Remote Switch.

Serves White Oak

GREENVILLE

 

Tandem office for the 252 area code.

HALIFAX

 

Sprint Mid-Atlantic remote switch. Interesting green trim.

HERTFORD

 

Sprint Remote Switch

 

KILL DEVIL HILLS

 

Sprint

Only thing of note is the historic (now over grown) area that surrounds this office (Jockey's Ridge & Wright Brothers monument).

KNOTTS ISLAND

 

Unique remote switch serving the Knotts Island (peninsula).  Office was a former GTE switch and now a Verizon South office.  Only Verizon office in the 252 NPA.

LEWISTON

 

Sprint Remote Switch

MAMIE

 

Sprint

Mamie is thought to have had a link to Coinjock further north. Coinjock in turn linked Carova Beach, a very remote and secluded community accessible via 4WD only.  Mamie has been expanded to accommodate the increased housing construction in Dandy.

 

MOYOCK

 

Sprint

Original NCT&T office for Moyock. A more modern switch was installed further south, directly off of Hwy 168 to accommodate the explosion in housing construction

MOYOCK (SLIGO)

 

Sprint Remote Switch serving Sligo

MURFREESBORO

 

 

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