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First Long-Distance Phone Call

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On October 9, 1876, the first two-way long distance telephone conversation was carried on for three hours from this site. From Cambridgeport, Thomas G. Watson spoke over a telegraph wire to Alexander Graham Bell at the office of the Walworth Mfg. Co., 69 Kilby Street, Boston, Mass.
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