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The Connections Museum in Seattle has one of these in operation (as well as other generations of mechanical and electronic switching) which is amazing to see and hear in person.

Here's the No. 5 Crossbar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKyXCZV_faY

The whole museum is absolutely worth repeated visits.

https://www.telcomhistory.org/connections-museum-seattle/

https://www.youtube.com/@ConnectionsMuseum

>>Araina+(OP)
Detailed info about the Strowger Telephone Exchange you can visit at "This museum is (not) obsolete" (https://this-museum-is-not-obsolete.com/) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvPH-tsD9ZM

>>Araina+(OP)
I haven't seen anything from the Connections Museum to indicate they have any non-Bell CO stuff on display. Where are you seeing that they have an ITT/Pentacosta switch?

>>Eleven+Yk
I think they were referring to the general tech (crossbar) not the specific brand/models being the same.

But it's good to point that out so people aren't confused about it, since these are technically two different switch models.

>>Araina+(OP)
Thank you so much for that video, thoroughly enjoyable!

>>wormiu+NL
Correct, I misremembered and was talking about crossbar in general.