> On May 9, 2017, at 4:41 PM, Pete Lancashire <p...@petelancashire.com> wrote:
> 
> The relays were from WECO. Made by the millions, they were the ones  used in 
> all Bell telephone exchanged from the early 50's up to the ESS (electronic) 
> exchanges. Remember seeing ones with less then a full compliment of contacts, 
> but that was pretty uncommon.
> 
> https://archive.org/details/bstj31-6-1023

Nice, thanks.  I recognize the older "U" style relays, my father used a bunch 
of those in various ham radio projects.

The end of that article describes Wire Wrap technology.  I wonder if that was 
the first time it appeared.

        paul


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