| LAGO TELEPHONE EXCHANGE |
| The Lago telephone exchange served both the
refinery and the Colony. This was a modern dial exchange with mechanical
rotary switching. All calls within the Lago Concession could be made by
dialing a four digit number. To call outside the Concession you had to
call and get a outside line connected to the Island telephone system. |
| To make a overseas call you had to
go to the Main Office Building and book a call and use a phone in the
Office. This was very time consuming, expensive and few overseas
call were made, people depended on cablegrams. |
| BELOW IS A PHOTOGRAPH
OF THE TELEPHONE EXCHANGE. THIS WAS CROPPED FROM A COLOR PHOTO OF
LAGO COLONY TAKEN FROM HIGH UP ON THE CAT CRACKER. AFTER CROPPING
OUT THE TELEPHONE EXCHANGE I MADE IT BLACK AND WHITE SO IT COULD BE SEE
BETTER. THE AMERICAN LEGION BUILDING IS JUST ABOVE THE TELEPHONE
EXCHANGE AND NUMBER TWO POWER HOUSE IS ACROSS THE STREET BUT COPPED OUT
OF THE PICTURE. |
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