Fountainbridge Telephone Exchange
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Fountainbridge Telephone Exchange by David Hillas as part of the Geograph project.
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Fountainbridge Telephone Exchange
Image: © David Hillas Taken: 15 Jul 2015
Located at 116 Fountainbridge EH3 8DJ, this TE, which was built between 1948 - 1952, has the code ESFOU and serves 12,447 residential and 1,010 non-residential premises in Fountainbridge plus Bruntsfield and Tollcross nearby. It used to have FOUntainbridge numbers until the late 1960s, but now has 0131-221, 228 and 229 xxxx numbers. Also, it used to provide operator services for some years. Mobile phone aerials can be seen on the roof of this building, whilst Gardners Crescent can be seen to the right of this photo. It was made a Category B listed building in January 1998.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.943466
Longitude
-3.20973