Switchboard Staff, 1979
Item
Format
JPEG
Title
Switchboard Staff, 1979
Identifier
VHS0001
Depiction
Three women seated and operating a telephone switchboard
Description
The three College telephonists operating the new, fully electronic SL-1 telephone system, including a teleprinter, installed in late 1978. The new exchange, developed by Northern Telecom (which manufactured some of the equipment at its Galway factory), was housed on the ground floor of the Arts/Commerce Building directly under the Bank of Ireland. From March 1979, the total number of outside lines in the College was increased from 25 to 40. The Switchboard, whose three staff provided an excellent and fully bilingual service, was of course a crucial operational link with the outside world at the time.
People
(From top) Theresa Casserley, Maureen Flaherty and Bríd Walsh.
References
NUACHT (the College's official monthly newsletter), Imleabhar 2, Uimhir 4, Feabhra 1979.
Contributor
Bibliographic Citation
C. Walsh, S. Mac Mathúna, 'Switchboard Staff, 1979', Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 14610, Archival Record Id VHRS
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
Period
Late 1970s
Category
b&w
group
on-campus
indoors
group
on-campus
indoors
Language
English
Publisher
University of Galway Digital Library
Rights Holder
The Library, University of Galway
Provenance
Copy of NUACHT containing the image provided by Clare Walsh to Séamus Mac Mathúna for the Visual History Retired Staff Collection in 2024 and scanned by him