The Development of Telecoms - Edinburgh
The main work of the area is centred in Edinburgh, capital city of Scotland, famous for its medical school and its now firmly established international festival of music and drama and birthplace of Alexander Graham Bell.
The 2,615 square miles of the area also embrace most of the historic Border country with its ruined abbeys and thriving and world-famous industry of tweeds and knitted garments and both sides of the estuary of the Forth. It is in these areas of the Lothians and Fife that the future of the coal industry of Scotland lies. One of the most outstanding landmarks of the area is, of course, the Forth Bridge.
Edinburgh has the highest telephone density of any city in the country outside London. It is also unique among provincial areas in that the operating staff in the city itself comes under the direct control of the Telephone Manager.
In the whole area 165 exchanges, of which 114 are automatic, serve 73,106 lines and 114,661 stations. It maintains 449,123 miles of wire underground and 42,322 miles of wire overhead. The total area staff, including engineering, operating and office is over 2,000.
