2015

NT2169 : Colinton Telephone Exchange

taken 9 years ago, near to Colinton, Edinburgh, Scotland

This is 1 of 10 images, with title starting with Colinton in this square
Colinton Telephone Exchange
Colinton Telephone Exchange
Located at 296 Colinton Road in this suburb of Edinburgh, this TE has the code ESCTN and serves 6,225 residential and 84 non-residential premises in Colinton plus Juniper Green nearby. It used to have COLinton numbers until the late 1960s, but now has 0131-441 xxxx numbers. A BT warning notice and a green grit salt bin can be seen to the left of the TE, whilst two BT Openreach vans are parked in front of the building. The postcode for this TE, which would appear to date from the 1960s, is EH13 0LB.

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Geographical Context: Suburb, Urban fringe Communications Primary Subject: Telephone Exchange Place: Colinton other tags: Urban Telephone Exchange BT Telephone Exchange BT Telecoms Building Edinburgh Colinton Road Telephone Exchange Telephone Exchanges in Scotland Colinton Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
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Grid Square
NT2169, 160 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
David Hillas   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 16 July, 2015   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 18 July, 2015
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NT 2178 6910 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:54.5173N 3:15.1678W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NT 2181 6909
View Direction
West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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