ORANGE COUNTY CENTRAL OFFICES
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ALAMITOS
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Original General Telephone CO built in the late
1950s to relieve Long Beach "Termino" office. Serves Seal
Beach and Leisure World.
Old Exchanges: GEneva 0 and GEneva 1 |
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ARTESIA
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CO was built in the 1930s by Consolidated
Telephone Company. Became an Associated CO in 1945 and later GTE
then Verizon.
Old Exchanges: TOrrey 5 and UNderhill 5 |
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BELLFLOWER
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Original CO built in 1920s by Consolidated,
taken over by Associated in 1945 then GTE -Verizon.
Old Exchanges: TOrrey 3,6,7 and WAbash 5 |
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DOWNEY "IMPERIAL"
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Constructed in the 1960s to relieve the main Downey CO. Served the North American Aviation Centrex system who's large research campus was located just down the street and was responsible for the major development of the Space Shuttle. |
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HUNTINGTON BEACH
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Originally constructed by Associated Telephone
in the 1930s to provide telephone service to the Huntington Beach
area. Became General Tele, GTE then Verizon.
Old Exchanges: LExington 6 |
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HUNTINGTON BEACH "BUSHARD"
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Built in the early 1960s by General Telephone to relieve Huntington Beach main office. |
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HUNTINGTON BEACH "SLATER"
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Built by General Telephone in the late 50s to
relieve Huntington Beach main CO.
Old Exchanges: VIking 7 |
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HUNTINGTON BEACH "WARNER"
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Built in the late 60's by General Telephone to
relieve Huntington Beach main office. Serves Sunset Beach and
northern Huntington Beach.
This CO still has the old GTE logo displayed on the building:
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NORWALK
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Built in the 1920s by Consolidated Telephone
taken over by Associated in 1945 then GTE-Verizon
Old Exchanges: TOrrey 3,4,6,8 and UNiversity 3,4,8 |
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NORWALK "ALONDRA"
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Constructed in the early 1970s to relieve the main Norwalk CO. |
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WESTMINSTER
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Recently remodeled office serving Westminster
and Midway City. Originally built by Associated Telephone.
Old Exchanges: TWinoaks 3 and TWinoaks 7 |
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