The Very Last Hand Crank Telephone in the USA

This Sculpture By

Gil Whitman

is dedicated to the memory of

Barbara & Elden Hathaway

Owners of the

Bryant Pond Telephone Company

the very last handcrank magneto

telephone system in the U.S.A.

They purchased the company in 1951

and operated it from their home

as a family business until selling it to

the Oxford Networks Company in 1981,

when it was integrated into the

national dial system.