Comment on Telephone Exchanges in the UKparentComments−edent1ySort of, yes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BT_Tower#Secrecy−biofox1yTwo more examples of exchanges that were kept secret:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchor_telephone_exchangehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardian_telephone_exchange−lxgr1yWait, what? What else were people supposed to assume about the purpose of a huge tower with very noticeable horn antennas (widely used for long-distance phone calls over line-of-sight microwave at the time)?−razakel1yIt also had a restaurant open to the public.−ta12431yThe one place in London you can't see it
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Sort of, yes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BT_Tower#Secrecy
Two more examples of exchanges that were kept secret:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchor_telephone_exchange
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardian_telephone_exchange
Wait, what? What else were people supposed to assume about the purpose of a huge tower with very noticeable horn antennas (widely used for long-distance phone calls over line-of-sight microwave at the time)?
It also had a restaurant open to the public.
The one place in London you can't see it