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K6 Telephone Kiosk

  • Type: Telephone Booth

  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Object


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Y/M/D Association Description Place Locale Food Event
1935/00/00 Giles Gilbert Scott Industrial Designer Sir Giles Gilbert Scott designs the cast iron Type K6 telephone kiosk. The square kiosk has a domed roof with unperforated decorative crowns on the top panels and and margin glazing to windows and door.
1940/00/00 A cast iron Type K6 telephone kiosk is installed on Stanmore Hill just SE of Abercorn Arms. Designed by Giles G and made by various contractors, the square kiosk has a domed roof with unperforated crowns at the top panels. Everest Abercorn Stanmore
1940/00/00 A pair of Type K6 telephone kiosks installed on High Street in Edgware. Designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, they are square, cast iron kiosks with domed roofs. War Memorial and Two K6 Telephone Kiosk Edgware, Greater London

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Particulars for K6 Telephone Kiosk:
Build Material Cast Iron versatile, iron-carbon alloy known for excellent castability, high compressive strength, durability
Area of Significance Industrial Design shaping physical goods, devices and systems meant for mass production
Sight Category Object
Communications Telephone system for transmitting voices over a distance using wire or radio, by converting acoustic vibrations to electrical signals
Structure Telephone Booth small, enclosed public structure with a payphone




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