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1122 Third Avenue

From The Telecommunications Inventory Wiki
Apple Maps street view of "new Main" at 1122 Third Avenue in downtown Seattle.

1122 Third Avenue, also known as New Main, is a telephone equipment building in downtown Seattle, Washington. The building was constructed in 1956, and expanded in 1970 to fill the entire lot. At the time of its expansion, variance had to be requested from the city for the bas relief artwork that projected outward from the building on 3rd Avenue. The building was initially constructed to replace the 1924 telephone building, a block north at 1200 Third Ave.

The equipment in the building included the largest No. 5 Crossbar office in the country at the time of its construction, a 4A toll switching system, and telegraph and toll test equipment. It served the Main, Elliott, Mutual, and Seneca office codes.