Almon Brown Strowger, the man who made the rotary dial possible
Don Surber at Don Surber - 3 hours ago
My American Vignettes series on exceptional Americans continues with a profile of Almon Brown Strowger, the undertaker who took on the telephone operator, and invented the forerunner to the rotary dial, which put the phone, finally, in the hands of the customer. Almon Brown Strowger was born in Penfield, near Rochester, New York, on February 11, 1839. Legend holds that when his mother assigned them chores, he and his brother would think up a machine to do the work. He taught school in Penfeld as an adult and served in the Civil War on the Union side. After the war he moved to Kans... more »
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