Who invented the pay phone?

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William Gray invented the pay phone (coin-operated call box to you Brits) by 1889. It was first installed in the Hartford Bank, Hartford, Connecticut, by the Southern New England Telephone Company in 1889. In 1891, William Gray formed the Gray Telephone Pay Station to rent out coin-operated telephones to store owners. (Ref: The Book of Firsts by Patrick Robertson, Bramahm House, NY, 1982, page 329.) Mar 08 01, 3:13 AM

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