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Transcontinental cable blast proof yet underground
A 3218 mile transcontinental telephone line is being buried five feet deep with underground relay stations in concrete cocoons to resist nuclear blasts. It links upstate New York to Fairview Kansas and will reach the West Coast by year end at a cost of about 200 million dollars.
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American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Upstate
New York
Fairview
Kan
Defense Communications System
U.S. Defense Department
State of
Kansas
Ray Lichtenberger
Edward R. Lichtenberger
Ottawa
Bowers & Bowers
Hugh A. Magrath
James T. Magrath