The Telephone
On March 10, 1876, long distance communication changed forever. Alexander Graham Bell spoke his famous command "Watson, come here, I want you" over a bizarre prototype of a machine he had thought up. That machine would later become what we know today as the telephone. The telephone grew fast,the following year, in 1877, he founded the Bell telephone company in Massachusetts. That same year, then-president Rutherford B. Hayes became the first president to have a telephone in the White House. Later, in 1878, the first commercial telephone switchboard opened in Connecticut.
As telephone communication spread nationwide, it began to be adopted by factory owners. Telephones where used to so people could communicate on different levels of the factories could communicate with one another, and so other people in the business were able to talk to each other over long distances.
As telephone communication spread nationwide, it began to be adopted by factory owners. Telephones where used to so people could communicate on different levels of the factories could communicate with one another, and so other people in the business were able to talk to each other over long distances.