Ohio Bell Telephone Co. brass buried cable marker

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Posted 15 months, 19 days ago

tomkat779
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from ohio (obviously), not sure how old. piece is solid and heavy either cast brass or copper. any other info please forward to tomkat779@prodigy.net

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1. potrero, 15 months, 19 days ago
   Wow! awesome... how big is this?
   Its old - I would say between 1908 and 1921, because that was the Bell logo design then.
2. Dizzydave, 15 months, 19 days ago
   In 1920 Cleveland Telephone became the Ohio Bell Telephone Co. and purchased the Ohio property of the Central Union Telephone Co. In 1921 Ohio State Telephone merged with Ohio Bell. Over the next 4 years, Ohio Bell, based in Cleveland, unified telephone service throughout the state. In 1927 Ohio Bell began introducing dial telephones in Cleveland. So it would be in the 20's. Dave
3. tomkat779, 15 months, 18 days ago
   It measures 4" across the bottom and approx. 2 3/4" across the top and is 4" tall. 5/16" thick.
4. lawat56, 15 months, 18 days ago
   GREAT OLD TEL. CO. PIECE AND OUT OF THE NORM ,NEVER SEE THIS ONE BEFORE ,THANKS FOR SHARING
5. cocacolakid97, 15 months, 17 days ago
   why hasn't ttomtucker posted here yet?
6. ttomtucker, 15 months, 17 days ago
   I have seen these on Ebay and the seller claims that the buried cable marks are from the 1920's. Looking at the Bell logo it follows along the lines of the 21 Bell signs. This is a unusual buried cable marker.

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