Thames  2: AKE 13 Switch
Inspecting and AKE 13 Switch
Inspecting an AKE 13 Switch:

L to R, Peter Benton, Jack Smith and Pat Hastings.

Photo: Inspecting an AKE 13 Switch © Post Office Telecoms.
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Thames 2: AKE 13 Switch
Thames
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Thames ISC was located on the second floor of Mondial, with Thames B extension on part of the first.

Thames B (Phase 2)

Inspecting an AKE 13 Switch...

Thames 2 TXK 6 used the Ericsson AKE 13 SPC controlled codebar switching system. SPC was necessary to support the CCITT6 common channel signalling system. It had a capacity of 5000e. The last analogue ISC to survive – it was withdrawn in 1992.

Pat Hastings, John Maurern and Peter Benton

Photo: Inspecting an AKE 13 Switch © Post Office Telecoms.
John Maurer, Peter Benton, Pat Hastings and Jack Smith

Photo: Inspecting an AKE 13 Switch © Post Office Telecoms.
A shared joke?

Photo: Inspecting an AKE 13 Switch © Post Office Telecoms.
Acknowledgements

With thanks to Peter Walker and John Burt.

Peter Walker was the project manager for Thames (extension) and Keybridge in 1981/2.

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