The house built in 1858 is now a historic building in Somerville, Massachuetts. (c)Wikipedia |
On This Day In 1858, The world's first telephone was installed at the Charles Williams Jr. House in Somerville, Massachuetts.
The house was named for Charles Williams Jr. who was a manufacturer of electrical instruments in Boston. Thomas Watson and Alexander Graham Bell were experimenting with phones in 1875 at Williams's shop when they heard sounds being transmitted.
The first telephone installed was connected from the Williams Jr. House to the shop on Court Street in Boston.
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