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Virginia City to silence crank telephones for new system
The Nevada Public Service Commission ordered replacement of the historic crank phone network in Virginia City with direct-dial service by Nevada Bell. The old system may be preserved for a limited period, with a skeleton or separate society maintaining magnets and hand-crank models while modernization proceeds.
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