AT&T Long Lines Places and Routes
Maps, Diagrams and Lists
- New York-Boston Radio Relay Inaugurated - article from The Telephone News, February 1948
- Route map from 1898 (Thanks to Keith Cheshire for contributing this link)
- New Plan for Designation of Radio Repeater and Terminal Stations - from June 1960 - explains how station names were assigned
- Stations in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin
(compiled by Al Hajny, P.E.)
- AT&T's First Transcontinental Microwave Radio Route
- Microwave route between Blue Ridge Summit No. 2, PA (Site R) and Washington No. 4, VA (Mount Weather)
- AT&T's first fiber-optic cable route - between Cambridge, MA to Washington, DC; placed in service 1983/84
- Long Lines routes in the Washington, DC area, Jan. 1970 (267KB)
- Richmond-Greensboro "C" Cable route map (partial), L3 coaxial cable between Lombardy Grove and Virgilina, VA
- Long Lines routes in the Philadelphia, PA area, Jan. 1970 (288KB)
- Long Lines routes in Virginia (and adjoining areas), Jan. 1970 (344KB)
- Long Lines routes in Georgia (and adjoining areas), Jan. 1976 (260KB)
- Long Lines route map, U.S., 1952
- Microwave route map, U.S. and Canada, March 1960 (2.1 MB)
- Microwave route maps, U.S. and Canada, October 1966
- The L-Carrier System (by Mark Foster)
- New York and New England Tower List from 1982, a list of AT&T towers and their complements of antennas
- 1983 High Frequency Line Schedule - C&P Telephone area
- 1983 High Frequency Line Schedule - Pennsylvania and Delaware
- 1982 High Frequency Line Schedule - Pennsylvania and Delaware
- TD2 Radio Route Diagram: Sycamore, PA - Cherryville, NJ
dated 1-29-81; includes Fairchance, Salisbury, Chaneysville, McConnellsburg, Cashtown, Hanover, Freysville, Cornwall, Centerport, and Lanark, PA
- List of coaxial-cable routes, Washington equipment engineering area, May 11, 1972
- List of Omaha District "L" Cables, Jan. 1977
Facilities by State
Note: AT&T Corporate Security has requested that the names and exact locations of active AT&T network facilities not be published.
Accordingly, such facilities are identified on this web site by fictitious names, shown in [brackets], or by Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI) codes.
Arizona
- Apache Junction
- Kingman L-3I station on "first blast-resistant coast-to-coast underground communications cable system" (by Chad Perkins)
- Oracle
- Phoenix "Main"
- Seligman L-3I station on "first blast-resistant coast-to-coast underground communications cable system" (by Chad Perkins)
- Flagstaff L-3I station on "first blast-resistant coast-to-coast underground communications cable system" (by Chad Perkins)
- Flagstaff (downtown)
- Holbrook L-3I station on "first blast-resistant coast-to-coast underground communications cable system" (by Chad Perkins)
Arkansas
- Alexander - integrated building-tower station on the TD-3 field trial route
- Palmer - integrated building-tower station on the TD-3 field trial route
- West Helena - integrated building-tower station on the TD-3 field trial route
California
Colorado
Route Maps
Locations
Connecticut
- Bald Hill near Stafford Springs - a relay station on AT&T's first microwave route, which began operation in 1947
- Cheshire underground main station
- Durham
- John Tom Hill near Glastonbury - also a relay station on AT&T's first microwave route
- Lyme
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
- Pennsuco (overseas and high-seas HF radio, microwave) - by Mark Foster
Georgia
Illinois
Locations
Radio Routes
Cable Routes
Indiana
Iowa
Locations
Kansas
Locations
Cable Routes
Louisiana
- New Orleans - showing installation of a KS-15676 horn-reflector antenna in 1974
Maine
Route Maps
Locations
- Andover - America's first commercial communications satellite earth station
Maryland
Massachusetts
Routes
- Talk to Boston! - from the April 1924 issue of Long Lines magazine, on the 40th anniversary of the first Boston-New York telephone line
Locations
Michigan
Route Maps
Locations
Minnesota
Locations
Routes
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Route Maps
Locations
Nebraska
Locations
Cable Routes
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Routes
- Talk to Boston! - from the April 1924 issue of Long Lines magazine, on the 40th anniversary of the first Boston-New York telephone line
Locations
- Airmont - a hardened underground cable and microwave station (by Michael W. Jacobs)
- Attica - a hardened underground cable and microwave station (by Michael W. Jacobs)
- Cherry Valley
- Clarksville - a hardened underground cable and microwave station (by Michael W. Jacobs)
- Farnham (by Michael W. Jacobs)
- Jackie Jones Mountain - a station on AT&T's first microwave route
- Noyack
- Putnam Valley (by Michael W. Jacobs)
- Tully - a hardened underground cable and microwave station (by Michael W. Jacobs)
- Vernal - an early rectangular concrete tower
North Carolina
- Gibsonville (underground L4 power-feed station)
- Stanfield (hardened underground main station)
- Chatham (hardened troposcatter "Project Office")
Ohio
Route Maps
Locations
Oklahoma
Oregon
Locations
Route Maps
Pennsylvania
Locations
Route Maps
Rhode Island
Route Maps
Tennessee
Texas
Route Maps
Locations
Utah
Virginia
Locations
Cable Routes
Washington
Route Maps
Articles
Microwave and Cable Stations
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Routes
Wyoming
Route Maps
International Communications
Japan - undersea cable
Comic-strip-style advertisement for the U.S. - Japan undersea cable, from the June 1965 issue of Boys' Life magazine. (PDF file, 9 MB)
Thanks to Steve Cichorsky for contributing this item
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Updated on April 11, 2013 at 21:31 by Albert LaFrance
