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Kodiak Alaska Military History

The official web site of the Kodiak Military History Museum

Long Island BD-74 Telephone Switchboard

Click on the small diagram for a schematic of the common battery section of the switchboard.

This switchboard was featured on a History Channel SAVE OUR HISTORY episode, ALASKA'S BLOODIEST BATTLE.

The only known working BD-74 is at Fort Mott New Jersey.

Left to right: BD-74-H1, BD-74-J, BD-74-H6 at the factory.
NARA 342-88-001-2777.

http://www.kadiak.org/long_is/bd74.html This page created 1999 July 13, updated 2007 February 4.