History
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Wednesday, 31 december 2003
Telefónica’s building on Gran Vía, Madrid, at its completion (1929)
No special celebrations marked the start or termination of its construction, but the commencement of works on 12/10/1926 is a significant date in Telefónicas history and its termination on...
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Wednesday, 31 december 2003
Construction of Telefónica’s building on Gran Vía, Madrid (1926-1929)
For several months it was the highest building in Europe and for decades the highest in Madrid. Designed by the architect Ignacio Cárdenas, the building had 14 storeys, not including the tower, 88...
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Wednesday, 31 december 2003
Construction of Telefónica’s building on Gran Vía, Madrid (1926-1929)
For several months it was the highest building in Europe and for decades the highest in Madrid. Designed by the architect Ignacio Cárdenas, the building had 14 storeys, not including the tower, 88...
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Wednesday, 31 december 2003
Linesmen with façade cable (1926)
Linesmen of CTNE (Compañía Telefónica Nacional de España) working on a façade (1926).
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Wednesday, 31 december 2003
Installation of long-distance lines (1925)
Linesmen of Compañía Telefónica Nacional de España installing long-distance lines (1925).
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Wednesday, 31 december 2003
Underground telephone network (1926)
Underground telephone network at Puente de Toledo, Madrid (1926)
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Wednesday, 31 december 2003
Cable network for automatic service (1926)
The removal of aerial cables and the networking of phone lines was a common practice in the late 1920s. Cuatro Caminos, Madrid.
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Wednesday, 31 december 2003
Dismantling of cable tower (1927)
Dismantling of cable tower at the Mayor exchange, Madrid (1927). Cable networks transform cityscapes.
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Wednesday, 31 december 2003
CTNE’s mobile installations (1926)
Company employees travel by van to install cables and telephone poles.
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Wednesday, 31 december 2003
Preference bearer share (1925)
Preference bearer share num. 167.722, worth 500 pesetas, issued on 17 January 1925 by CTNE (Compañía Telefónica Nacional de España).
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Wednesday, 31 december 2003
First “pre-paid” telephone (tokens) (1928)
The first two telephones of this type were installed in Madrid in 1928 at the Vienna Park in the Retiro Park and at the Regio bar.
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Wednesday, 31 december 2003
Long-distance exchange in Santander (1926)
People gather at the shop window of Santanders long-distance exchange where automatic telephones were on display and demonstrations of how to use them were given (1926).
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Wednesday, 31 december 2003
Local switchboard at the Mayor headquarters, Madrid
Operators working at switchboards, with supervisors of the service looking on.
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Wednesday, 31 december 2003
Local switchboard with telephone operators (1928)
In the early years of telephony, work had to be done standing up because of the switchboards height. Manufacturers gradually introduced a standard size and operators were able to work sitting...
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Wednesday, 31 december 2003
Operator of CTNE (Compañía Telefónica Nacional de España) with microplast.
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Wednesday, 31 december 2003
CTNE informed the public on the use of the new terminals as an essential step in the introduction of automatic telephony.
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Wednesday, 31 december 2003
Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting of CTNE (1926)
Annual General Shareholders Meeting of CTNE (Compañía Telefónica Nacional de España) (October 1926).
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Wednesday, 31 december 2003
Inauguration of telephone service with the United States (1928)
King Alfonso XIII, on one of the balconies of the building on Gran Vía, Madrid
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Wednesday, 31 december 2003
First communication between Spain and America (1928)
King Alfonso XIII, with a group of people invited to the first communication between Spain and America. The scenario was the still unfinished building on Gran Vía.
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