anniversary – The Payphone Project https://www.payphone-project.com Wed, 11 Mar 2020 23:44:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 NBC Affiliate in Denver Talked to “The Guy Who Runs the Payphone Project” https://www.payphone-project.com/nbc-affiliate-denver-talked-guy-runs-payphone-project.html https://www.payphone-project.com/nbc-affiliate-denver-talked-guy-runs-payphone-project.html#respond Fri, 03 Jun 2016 19:44:29 +0000 http://news.payphone-project.com/?p=5714

Jun 1, 1880: First Ever Public Pay Station?

I did a short interview yesterday with Channel 9, an NBC affiliate in Denver, on the occasion of anniversary of the pay telephone. Allegedly the first pay station appeared in New Haven, CT, on June 1, 1880. Certain evidence, however, suggests earlier pay stations had existed.]]> https://www.payphone-project.com/nbc-affiliate-denver-talked-guy-runs-payphone-project.html/feed 0