Dial House, Salford
BT technical and administration building in Greater Manchester
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Dial House is a large BT telephone exchange, network connection site and administration building in Salford, Greater Manchester, in the United Kingdom.[1][2] The building dates back to the 1930s, and was built for HM Office of Works by J. Gerrard and Sons of Swinton. It was formerly named Telephone House.[3][4] At the time of its construction, it was described as the largest telephone exchange building in the world.[3]
The building contains Manchester's Blackfriars and Deansgate telephone exchanges.[5][6] It played a pivotal part in the expansion of telecommunications and broadcasting in the United Kingdom in the 20th century.[6] It was at one point part of the British Telecom microwave network.[4] It is one of the sites interconnected by the Guardian telephone exchange tunnel network built during the Cold War.[7]
