Strowger
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The word Strowger when used alone, has several possible meanings in the English language.
The term "Strowger", when used by itself can refer to:
- Automatic telephone exchange equipment manufactured by the Strowger Automatic Telephone Exchange Company
- Electromechanical or Step by Step (SxS) Automatic telephone exchange equipment using the principles initially suggested by Almon (Brown) Strowger.
"Strowger" is also a part of the name of:
- Almon (Brown) Strowger, whose patents of 1891 were used for the first commercial installation of an automatic telephone exchange in 1892.
- A BRT Locomotive named Almon B Strowger after the inventor of the automatic telephone exchange.