Bell telephone magazine (1922) (14775950433)

Identifier: bellvol25telephonemag00amerrich (find matches)

Title: Bell telephone magazine

Year: 1922 (1920s)

Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept

Subjects: Telephone

Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)

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e andthe recovery of basic raw materialsfrom equipment retired from servicethroughout the System are assumingadded importance. To the Western Electric Com-panys subsidiary, Nassau Smeltingand Refining Company, falls the ma-jor responsibility for collecting, sort-ing, and reclaiming the millions ofpounds of scrap materials resultingfrom Bell System operations eachyear. Literally, there is gold in thosepiles of scrap—gold, silver, iridium,and other precious metals. But moreimportant than precious metals to thetelephone industry are the huge quan-tities of lead,copper, zinc, iron, steel,and aluminum. Because they resistcorrosion, lead and copper are par-ticularly Important In the manufac-ture of telephone equipment to assureflawless performance over longperiods of time. And many otherproducts, like rubber, paper, plastics,burlap, and rope are obtained fromsalvaging everything from tiny switch-board lamps to worn-out trench dig-gers. Nassau—The Bell Systems Conservation Specialist ^Sl

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An aerial view of the Nassau Smelting ^ Refining Company at Tottenville, Staten Island,N. Y. In the background is the Kill van Kull, above which the Outerbridge Crossing stretches to New Jersey In 1945, a comparatively low year,^the Nassau organization handled105,122,000 pounds of Bell Sys-tem scrap. Included in this amountwas enough lead to cover 1,600 milesof 1)4 -diameter cable, enough cop-per to produce 72,000 miles of openline wire, enough iron to build sevenmodern destroyers of the Bristolclass, enough paper to print fourand a half editions of the NewYork Times. There were 1,475,000pounds of aluminum, 942,000 pounds terial no longer needed in its exist-ing form. Improved methods ofmanufacture, design of new equip-ment, and changes in tools and ma-chinery all add to the scrap piles. Inthis sense, accumulation of scrap isa sign of progress. A Nation-wide Organisation Today Nassau Smelting and RefiningCompany is a far-reaching networkcovering all Western Electric plantsand distribu

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