Pay Phones From Around the Globe

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Here's a payphone operated by Bell Canada that was removed sometime between May, 2012 and July, 2014. This phone was located at/near 2500 Eglinton Ave. E in Scarborough, Ontario, and was featured in Strange Brew (the movie starring Bob & Doug McKenzie from SCTV - screenshots attached). At some point, the enclosure was changed from an ADCO 120 Diplomat to the pedestal type shown in photo #4 and the phone sign removed. 

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Pay phone pictures from Portland Union Station. The station seems like it hasn`t been updated since 1956 with it's wooden benches, neon signs, wooden phone booths, and other items in the station. There is 1 Qwest Millenium pay phone in a bank of 8 booths and 1 former TDD/TTY pay phone, and it does make and receive calls (although it doesn't ring).

The working Northern Telecom Millenium payphone formerly operated by Qwest (currently operated by WiMacTel) is still at Union Station in Portland, Oreg. among all of the empty wooden booths. Its number is 503/227-9413.

[Westrex]

Here are some more payphones I found while I was on a road trip in the Midwest:

Ohio:

I believe this pay phone used to be in the North End of Columbus Ohio. However, the Bell System enclosure & phone are now gone, and only the drawing of Uncle Sam remains.

This payphone was in the Short North neighborhood at Bollinger Pl. & N. High St. in Columbus. The mounting back board is still on the building and can be viewed on Google Maps.

- Marathon Station (see photo 1) - 4242 Morse Rd., Columbus - No Dial Tone
- Sunoco Station (see photo 2) - E 5th Av. & Lexington Av., Columbus - Sign & Back Board Only
- Express Market (see photo 3 - I can't remember if this enclosure was still there, but it was here in 2024. The pole at the right used to have another payphone on it) - 900 E. 5th Av., Columbus

Michigan:

- The Henry Ford Museum (see photos 4-6) - 20900 Oakwood Blvd., Dearborn - 313/271-2639 - No Dial Tone

Indiana:

- Citgo Station (Google Maps Link: http://tinyurl.com/6mjt27j6) - U.S. Hwy. 20 & Cleveland Av., Michigan City - Enclosure Only
- Mega Liquor & Smoke (Google Maps Link: http://tinyurl.com/5dffk4fs) - 1116 S. Main St., South Bend - (Enclosure Only)
- Main St. & Washington St., Elkhart (Google Maps Link: http://tinyurl.com/293e6w8b) - No Dial Tone

Minnesota:

- Brothers Electric (Google Maps Link: http://tinyurl.com/2xfw6z9u) - 3447 Cedar Av., Minneapolis - Enclosure Only

Iowa:

- Blue Room Lounge (I can't find a picture of this phone) - Main St. & W. 2nd Av., Cedar Falls - Probably Working (It is/was operated by Qwest/CenturyLink/Lumen and still has a Bell enclosure)

Illinois:

- Eleventh St. Brothers Mart (Google Maps Link: http://tinyurl.com/3uv7ry5c) - 1520 11th St., Rock Island - Possibly Working (I didn't check for dial tone)

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Here's 2 out of service Northern Telecom Millenium payphones at the Aulani Disney Resort (92-1185 Alanui Dr., Kapolei, Hawaii, 96707). The phone on the far left (out of frame in photo 1, visible in photo 4) had the number 808/671-1112 and the one on the far right (the one with no handset and GTE/Verizon/Hawaiian Telecom branding) had the number 808/671-1113. The phone in photo 3 is one of the 2 courtesy phones in the bank of phones. These phones seem to be the ones that are more commonly found in Canada that have the keyboard instead of shortcut buttons.

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Here are some phones in Australia that a family member on vacation found:

Photos 1-2: Outside the Round 6 Bar & Night Club - 17a Albert Street, Auckland Central, Auckland 1010, New Zealand

Photos 3-4: Outside the Adidas Store (No Dial Tone) - Customs St. E. & Queen St., , Auckland Central, Auckland 1010, New Zealand

Photo 5: Corner of Great South Rd. & Marlborough St., Pōkeno 2402, New Zealand (No Dial Tone)

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Here are some more phones from Australia:

Photos 1-2: Outside of the UGG store (Working) - 102-104 George Street, The Rocks NSW 2000, Australia

Photos 3-4: Lambton Quay & Bunny St., Pipitea, Wellington 6011, New Zealand (No Dial Tone)

Photos 5-6: Bombay BP restrooms (Working - Google Maps View: http://tinyurl.com/462hbw6t) - 216b Mill Road, Bombay 2675, New Zealand

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Here are some phones I found on my trip to Columbus, OH:

Photos 1-4: Central Ohio Fire Museum (No Dial Tone) - 260 N 4th St., Columbus - This phone is located in the back of the museum across from the display of melted household items near the door. It also still has the Ohio Bell, Ameritech, SBC, and Sprint branding.

Enclosures/Backboards Only:

Amoco Station (Google StreetView: http://tinyurl.com/yc3cduue)- 4755 Refugee Rd., Columbus - This phone backboard is located on the leaning pole at the rear of the station. This Amoco used to have another payphone, however any remnant of it hasn't existed since 2012.

1020 E Broad St., Columbus (Google StreetView: http://tinyurl.com/2kmpd3er) - This phone stand is located next to the street lamp at the street corner.