North Wembley Telephone Exchange (1)

Introduction

The photograph on this page of North Wembley Telephone Exchange (1) by David Hillas as part of the Geograph project.

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North Wembley Telephone Exchange (1)

Image: © David Hillas Taken: 27 Apr 2015

Situated in Carlton Avenue East, this redbrick TE, which has the code LWNWEM, is one of several TEs built in London during the 1930s and used to have ARNold and DRUmmond numbers until the late 1960s. It provides telephone and broadband services to 14,767 residential and 469 non-residential premises in the North Wembley area. Two vertical drainpipes can be seen at each side of the building whilst the entrance is to the right side.

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.569909
Longitude
-0.293755