Late 19th Century Cast Iron Telephone Pay Station rail yard This tray features the iconic

This tray features the iconic lady on the moon

they get the job done without any pomp and circumstance

No sound is produced

The most notable feature on this piece

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Late 19th Century Cast Iron Telephone Pay Station rail yard This tray features the iconicGray Automatic Telephone Pay Station Co. Hartford, CT Antique cast iron telephone pay station. This piece was designed and manufactured by William Gray and his eponymous pay station company in 1898. The coin operated mechanism was used to prepay for outgoing calls and would have been connected to a bank of telephones. An electronic signal would be sent to a central operator who would be notified of the prepayment and patch the call through. The