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The Town of the First Long Distance Telephone Call

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On August 10, 1876, the world’s first long-distance phone call was made from the shop in the village of Paris to the Alexander Graham Bell Homestead near Brantford.

Mr. Bell to Mr. Watson: 
“Mister Watson – Come here – I want to see you”

The shop still exists today in the same building.

 

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