Miami Central Office (36 NE 2nd Street). Originally southern
termination of the L-4 Washington to
Miami L-4 route. After divestiture BellSouth charged such a high
rent for the L-4
equipment that the Main Station was relocated to Ojus,
FL.
Young Bellsouth Cable Splicer outside of of the CO ready to install
a 1200
pair copper line. He never heard of L CXR, and did not see any
in the vault.
AT&T addition to the CO in Miami. See circa 1970's layout below.
Left hand, South Side (original building):
Basement: (SB) Shared power plants and local cable entry vault for
Franklin (37n) local switching offices)
Ground Flr: (SB) Main distributing frame for Franklin
2nd Flr: ???? General office space
3rd Flr:(SB) Traffic operators and switchboards (Including Miami Overseas,
High Seas and Marine operators in Toll Unit #3)
4th Flr: (ATT) Carrier Terminals - L1 and L3, LMX from 7th flr microwave
and numerous ON short-haul terminals to SB cities north and south of Miami.
5th Flr. (ATT) Telegraph and low-speed data carrier terminals and testboard
(called DOTC board).
6th Flr (ATT) Private Line Testboard - a huge one of 35,000 circuits
running both ATT and SB "special services" of almost every type.
7th Flr (ATT) "Radio" - a bit of SB mobile telephone radio terminals;
mostly TD-2 microwave, but also a 1,200 channel Collins microwave to Ft.
Lauderdale operated for SB by ATT.
Right hand, North Side of Street:
Basement: SB ???? Power and cable vault
Ground Flr: SB ?????
2nd Flr: SB????
3rd Flr: SB #4 Toll Switching machine operated by SB
4th Flr: ATT 17B Toll message circuit testboard; radio and TV
Program channel Services testboards
5th Flr: ATT L4 terminal (added in 1960-7- time frame)
North side building is now a retail store with no connection to any
telephone company.