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By Michael Stroud, July 2006 | |
| | | 1. Trans-Canyon Telephone | | |
Inscription. Trans-Canyon Telephone Line,
built in 1935 by CCC workers,
maintained by Mountain Bell,
has been placed on the
National Register of
Historic Places
by the United States
Department of Interior.
Erected by National Park Service.
Location. 36° 3.427′ N, 112° 8.343′ W. Marker is in Grand Canyon, Arizona, in Coconino County. Click for map. Grand Canyon along Bright Angel & North Kaibab Trails from South Rim to Roaring Springs & South Kaibab Trail to Tipoff. Walking along the paved walk-way between the El Tovar and the Bright Angel Lodges you encounter this plaque. Marker is in this post office area: Grand Canyon AZ 86023, United States of America.
More about this marker. CCC stands for the Civilian Conservation Corps, a work relief program for young unemployed men established in 1933 during the Great Depression by President Franklin D. Rosevelt. Mountain Bell was the trade name of the The Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company, the American Telephone and Telegraph-owned company that did business in a number of western states including Arizona. Today this telephone company is known as Quest Communications International.
Also see . . .
1. ....CCC at work. (Submitted on January 3, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.)
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By Michael Stroud, July 2006 | |
| | | 2. VIew of the Remains of a Telephone Pole | | |
2. additional Pics. (Submitted on January 3, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.)
Additional comments.
1. Notes
This line is also known as Emergency Telephone Line, Grand Canyon National Park. — Submitted January 3, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
2. Telephone Line
Construction System Metal, Copper
Architectural Style Open-wire Copper weld — Submitted January 3, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. | 
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