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Going Beyond the Call: Southern New England Telephone Company's Response to Natural Disasters in Connecticut

 

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Flood of 1936


Hartford operators on the morning of March 20. They spent the night on cots in the Trumbull Street building and kept the switchboards fully staffed to handle the increased volume of traffic.

Hartford operators lying on cots at the 
	 SNET Trumbull Street building in Hartford