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First Transcontinental Telephone Line

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On June 17, 1914, the First Transcontinental Telephone Line was completed at this point on the border of Nevada and Utah. Construction forces of the Bell Telephone Company of Nevada and the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company met here, making the last splices in the wires that joined East and West in voice communications for the first time.
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