Telegraph Act 1899
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telegraph-act-1899-314-402572
title:
Telegraph Act 1899
text:
The Telegraph Act 1899 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that allowed urban district, borough and burgh councils to construct and operate telephone exchanges, on a similar basis to the then-usual municipal provision of other utilities. Licences were granted to Glasgow, Belfast, Grantham, Huddersfield, Tunbridge Wells, Brighton, Chard, Portsmouth, Hull, Oldham, Swansea, Scarborough and West Hartlepool. Six of these licences were used to provide a telephone service: Glasgow (1901)
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United Kingdom legislation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegraph_Act_1899
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2023-12-05T00:45:51Z
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