Strowger

Strowger

Strowger can refer to:

*Strowger switch
*Automatic telephone exchange equipment manufactured by the Strowger Automatic Telephone Exchange Company or using the principles initially suggested by Almon Brown Strowger.
*Almon Brown Strowger, whose patents of 1891 were used for the first commercial installation of an automatic telephone exchange in 1892.


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