CALL BOXES - Revision history

Randylyon at 04:01, 22 September 2011

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	CALL BOXES. The Gainwell Reporting System was installed in Dubuque in 1924 beginning with nineteen stations placed strategically around the city. Until the 1960s when the police department first had personal communication devices to carry, communication between the police station and the officers was carried out through call boxes. Identified by red lights that blinked when a call from the department was being made, the call boxes were located around the city. Using a key, the officer opened the box to receive or make calls to the station.		[[Image:1912.jpg\|left\|thumb\|250px\|Photo of a call box in Washington, D.C. around 1912]]CALL BOXES. The Gainwell Reporting System was installed in Dubuque in 1924 beginning with nineteen stations placed strategically around the city. Until the 1960s when the police department first had personal communication devices to carry, communication between the police station and the officers was carried out through call boxes. Identified by red lights that blinked when a call from the department was being made, the call boxes were located around the city. Using a key, the officer opened the box to receive or make calls to the station.
	[[Image:imp760.jpg\|left\|thumb\|350px\|Listing of all call boxes in Dubuque. Photo courtesy: Jim Massey]]		[[Image:imp760.jpg\|left\|thumb\|350px\|Listing of all call boxes in Dubuque. Photo courtesy: Jim Massey]]

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Randylyon at 19:01, 21 September 2010

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	CALL BOXES. Until the 1960s when the police department first had personal communication devices to carry, communication between the police station and the officers was carried out through call boxes. Identified by red lights that blinked when a call from the department was being made, the call boxes were located around the city. Using a key, the officer opened the box to receive or make calls to the station.		CALL BOXES. The Gainwell Reporting System was installed in Dubuque in 1924 beginning with nineteen stations placed strategically around the city. Until the 1960s when the police department first had personal communication devices to carry, communication between the police station and the officers was carried out through call boxes. Identified by red lights that blinked when a call from the department was being made, the call boxes were located around the city. Using a key, the officer opened the box to receive or make calls to the station.
	[[Image:imp760.jpg\|left\|thumb\|350px\|Listing of all call boxes in Dubuque. Photo courtesy: Jim Massey]]		[[Image:imp760.jpg\|left\|thumb\|350px\|Listing of all call boxes in Dubuque. Photo courtesy: Jim Massey]]

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CALL BOXES. Until the 1960s when the police department first had personal communication devices to carry, communication between the police station and the officers was carried out through call boxes. Identified by red lights that blinked when a call from the department was being made, the call boxes were located around the city. Using a key, the officer opened the box to receive or make calls to the station.
[[Image:imp760.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Listing of all call boxes in Dubuque. Photo courtesy: Jim Massey]]