Cowes Telephone Exchange, IoW
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Image: © David Hillas Taken: 7 Jul 2011
Located at 22 Mill Hill Road, this TE replaced the former Manual TE during the mid-1960s and has the code SDCWS. It provides telephone and broadband services to 10,509 residential and 547 non-residential premises in Cowes, plus East Cowes, Northwood and Whippingham nearby. The original TE is on the left of the photo, whilst the extension in Bernard Road is on the right, with the mobile phone aerials on its roof. Its postcode is PO31 7EB.