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John Craft

July 19, 2007 12:46PM

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Etrump Wrote:
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> John...
>
> In Telegraph parlance, a "way wire" was a wire
> that was "cut in" at every or nearly every office
> along a given line and which was equipped with
> instruments (relay & key) in each office.
>
> This was in contrast to a "thru wire" which
> typically went over a division
> and was brought into some strategic stations
> switchboards for testing and patching, but was not
> "cut in" there and normally had no instruments
> assigned to it.

Thanks.

JAC

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