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New Jersey Telephone History

The company evolved from the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), which was formed in 1885. From 1927 to 1984, the firm was incorporated as New Jersey Bell Telephone Company and was a subsidiary of AT&T.

In 1929, New Jersey Bell (NJB) moved into its new headquarters at 540 Broad Street in Newark, New Jersey. Today the company still calls Broad Street its home. On January 1, 1984, when the federal court-ordered divestiture of AT&T took effect, NJB became a wholly owned operating company of Bell Atlantic Corporation, one of the seven so-called "Baby Bell" holding companies. The company continued to use the name New Jersey Bell until 1994, when it was changed to Bell Atlantic-New Jersey (BA-NJ).

In August 1997, Bell Atlantic acquired Nynex, creating the second largest telephone company in the United States. In 1998, Bell Atlantic announced its plan to merge with GTE. On April 3, 2000, Bell Atlantic and GTE selected "Verizon" as the new name of the combined company. On June 30, 2000, Bell Atlantic and GTE completed their merger, creating Verizon Communications, a formidable new competitor in global communications.

*From the Verizon New Jersey History web page* 

For more detailed historical information please see: http://www.verizonnj.com/about/community/nj/about/history/history.html

 

CENTRAL OFFICES OF NEW JERSEY

AVALON

 

Original New Jersey Bell Remote Switch Office.  Note payphone in front.

Old Exchanges: AValon

BEACH HAVEN

 

Old Exchanges: HYacinth 2

BEDMINSTER

 

Note camouflaged cell tower.

BERNARDSVILLE

 

Nice colonial style building.

Old Exchanges: BErnardsville

BRIDGETON

 

Old Exchanges: GLenview 1, 3 and 5.

CALDWELL

 

Old Exchanges: CAldwel and CApital 6, 8.

CAMDEN (Front)

CAMDEN

 

Camden is a tandem office for the southern New Jersey-Trenton area.

Old Exchanges: WOodlawn 2, EMerson and STerling.

CEDAR KNOLLS

 

Verizon New Jersey/AT&T

This CO is a Tandem for the northern New Jersey region.  AT&T toll office built in the mid 1950s.

CRANFORD

 

Old Exchanges: BRidge 2, 6 and CRanford

FAIRFIELD

 

 

FREEHOLD

 

 

LIVINGSTON

 

Old Exchanges: WYman 2, 4 and LIvingston

MADISON NOC

 

MADISON Network Operations Center, not a CO.

MILLINGTON

 

Old Exchanges: MIllington 7

MOORESTOWN

 

Old Exchanges: BElmont and MOorestown

MORRISTOWN

 

Old Exchanges: JEfferson 8 & 9

MULLICA HILL

 

Old Exchanges: GRidley 8
 

MURRAY HILL

 

Verizon New Jersey

 

PENNS GROVE

 

Office built in the early 1970's

ROSELLE

ROSELLE SIGN

 

Verizon New Jersey

Serves Roselle and Kenilworth.  Nice Colonial style architecture, note church design next door.  Also serves as a regional training center.

Old Exchanges: CHestnut 1,  5.

Pictures of the training center behind Roselle CO.  Cable splice at ground level and a bundle of exposed cable with wire-pairs

 

SOUTH ORANGE

 

Verizon New Jersey

CO fits in with the many buildings that are designed like this in the community.  Serves Maplewood

Old Exchanges: SOuth orange 1, 2 and 3

WHIPPANY

 

Verizon New Jersey

Old Exchanges: TUcker 4, 7 and 

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