WORLD’S LONGEST PHONE
BRITISH EQUIPMENT SHIPPED TO RUSSIA. SIX THOUSAND MILE LINE. A British firm just shipped tc Russia the last consignment of equipment for the world’s longest carrier telephone system, which will run for nearly 9,000 kilometres (about 6,000 miles), crossing Siberia and covering practically the entire breadth of the U.S.S.R. It will give direct communication between Moscow and Khabarovsk, which is near'the Manchukuo border, north ol Vladivostok; this enormous distance will be covered by an open wire line, divided into five links of 2,117 kilometres, 1.443 kilometres, 1,867 kilometres, 990 kilometres, 2,414 kilometres respectively. Specially designed transmission apparatus which will make it possible to operate several telephone and telegraph circuits simultaneously, and, in addition, a channel for broadcasting or picture transmission, are included in the contract. Standard Telephones and Cables Limited, of London, 'were given the contract for the work, at a figure exceeding £ 300,000. '
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 September 1939, Page 7
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147WORLD’S LONGEST PHONE Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 September 1939, Page 7
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