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Show v:- ji.. "V-- 'j,:.: . ., s I 1 i v , I Wi :v...w k.cj.- i.i. 1 - "HEARD, BUT NOT SEEN": (Above) m 1972, AT&T Long Lines trenched across the foothills westof Hyrum, Utah, burying the L -4 Transcontinental cable from Boston, Mass. to Oakland, Calif. The four-foot wide, four -foot deep trench houses a coaxial telephone cable capable of handling 36,000 simultaneous conversations. v..,., y ' r -j i.1- i , -.is Bottom: AT&T has restored the cable path to its natural environment by replanting natural brush and grasses In an effort to be "heard, but not seen." The photo above is of the same area west of Hyrum, Utah, this summer. |