Washington State Dead or Gone Pay Phones

[Westrex]

Just found yesterday, a pay phone of the past was located at the Choice Deli & Grocery at the corner of 65th Street and 8th Avenue. The sign is still there, although I don't think the phone and enclosure is there anymore.

Sign: https://www.google.com/maps/@47.6759533,-122.3664286,3a,15.3y,144.7h,94.79t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sdY31IvyrOSak9RrgNHVhUw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DdY31IvyrOSak9RrgNHVhUw%26cb_client%3Dsearch.revgeo_and_fetch.gps%26w%3D96%26h%3D64%26yaw%3D91.55663%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

Phone: https://www.google.com/maps/@47.6759533,-122.3664286,3a,15y,204.93h,82.43t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sdY31IvyrOSak9RrgNHVhUw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu, https://www.google.com/maps/@47.6758407 and 122.366086,3a,15.5y,271.67h,86.3t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0gKkAINAG-3WIwk0caQw2Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

[Westrex]

Found another phone of the past. It was at Enatai Beach in Bellevue. Here's a link to where it was: https://www.google.com/maps/@47.5792522,-122.1965208,3a,15y,292.29h,84.07t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sY3iHqqSNjqlu8WnLUKw1nQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu.

NOTE: If anybody gets confused about the past location of this phone, and the PNWB booth also in Bellevue, here's an explanation: I got the location of the booth from a forum (not this one) and it said the booth was at Enatai beach, then I didn't think much of it. The phone is actually at the Meydenbauer Bay Park REI Boathouse.

[Westrex]

Here's a few pay phones from when I went on my camping trip. Here's a document with the pay phone locations.

Fairway Grocery location: 2501 Sumner Ave, Hoquiam, WA 98550.

The phone booth with the orange background:  6384 US-101, Amanda Park, WA 98526.

The square of concrete with the junction box is in the parking lot of Kalaloch Campground.

The phone enclosure with the outlets in it is at the Aberdeen Transit Center, Aberdeen, WA

The 2 phones standing next to each other are at: 100 N G St, Aberdeen, WA 98520

[Westrex]

More pay phones:

The 2 pay phones with the gray background are at: 2600 Simpson Avenue, Aberdeen, WA.

1 of the phones at 2600 Simpson Avenue number is:

1-360/533-9620

Of the 2 pay phones at 100 N G St, one of them has the number, the number is:

1-360/533-9625

[SUnset2]

It's funny to see you showing phone booths in Aberdeen.  It reminds me of a trip our family took through there when I was a kid.  My father had heard that Aberdeen was the first city in Washington to get Touch-Tone pay phones.  This would have been in the mid-to-late 1960s.  So, I remember us pulling over at a phone booth the check out the Touch-Tone pay phone.  It would have been a 3-slot model.  We got to check it out as we had not seen a Touch-Tone phone before.  It would have been an enclosed booth with a folding door.

[Westrex]

It's funny to see you showing phone booths in Aberdeen.  It reminds me of a trip our family took through there when I was a kid.  My father had heard that Aberdeen was the first city in Washington to get Touch-Tone pay phones.  This would have been in the mid-to-late 1960s.  So, I remember us pulling over at a phone booth the check out the Touch-Tone pay phone.  It would have been a 3-slot model.  We got to check it out as we had not seen a Touch-Tone phone before.  It would have been an enclosed booth with a folding door.

I'm surprised that Seattle didn't get Touch-Tone pay phones first, being it was/is the largest city in the state (I think). The type of 3-slot Touch-Tone phone you're referencing should look like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m8hPm4YqxI (Timestamp: 3:09).

[SUnset2]

I'm surprised that Seattle didn't get Touch-Tone pay phones first, being it was/is the largest city in the state (I think). The type of 3-slot Touch-Tone phone you're referencing should look like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m8hPm4YqxI (Timestamp: 3:09).

I seem to recall that my father said that he read that they rolled out the first Touch-Tone booths in Aberdeen so that they could test how they work in a small city.  And it probably needed to be a place with a new enough central office (probably 5XB or newer).  I don't remember if they were 10 button or 12.  Too long ago.

[Westrex]

I seem to recall that my father said that he read that they rolled out the first Touch-Tone booths in Aberdeen so that they could test how they work in a small city.  And it probably needed to be a place with a new enough central office (probably 5XB or newer).  I don't remember if they were 10 button or 12.  Too long ago.

If it was 12-button it would've been made after 1968 when the WE 2500 phone was introduced. If it was 10-button it would've been made from 1963 until 1968 (Info grabbed from www.paul-f.com).

[markosjal]

I do not recall ever seeing any Western Electric 3 Slot touch tone pay phones. Were these Automatic ELectrics?

I do remember Aberdeen from my youth. My older brother drove "the berry Express" and Aberdeen /  Hoquiam was a regular destination for us. He dragged me along to keep him awake at the wheel.

It seems to me some of the first push button 3 slot phones I saw were AE touch pulse. I especially remember these from Blue Lake Park in Gresham, OR. I think they were 10 button or had 2 blank buttons.

[SUnset2]

I do not recall ever seeing any Western Electric 3 Slot touch tone pay phones. Were these Automatic ELectrics?
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Aberdeen was Bell territory.  GTE would have been later since they were all step-by-step, and would need tone-to-pulse converters in the CO.
I'd have to look through old photo albums to narrow down the year, but it would have been 1968 or earlier.

[markosjal]

If it is any consequence the LAST 3 Slot Western ELectric Phone I saw that was in use was in JK Gill Sore , Eastport Plaza, SE 82nd Ave, Portland, OR. It was there working until sometime in the  late 1970s. (or early 80s?).  it was rotary dial. It was the last one I was aware of and had been the only WE 3 Slot I had seen in use for several years.  It was located near the restrooms on the main floor. It stood out in my mind as the last 3 slot WE I had seen in use, as all others except that one for some reason had been swapped out.

I did still see some AE 3 Slot phones outside of the Portland area in GTE land after that time.

[Westrex]

This old pay phone enclosure is at 3950 Leary Wy NW, Seattle, WA 98107. The telephone booth is outside of an antique store, which probably means it's not permanent. The address is: 609 1st St, Snohomish, WA 98290.

[Westrex]

If you see any of these pay phones, do not be deceived, they are either gone or dead.

Locations:                                                                            Status:

- Green Lake (Near Tennis Courts) --------------------------- Dead
- Holman Road Shell Gas Station ----------------------------- Dead
- Route 522 76 Gas Station ---------------------------------- Gone
- T-Mobile Park/Safeco Field -------------------------------- Both Gone
- Lucky 5 Mini Mart ----------------------------------------- Both Gone
- Space Needle ---------------------------------------------- Both Gone
- General Seattle Center phones ---------------------------- All Gone
- Pacific Science Center ------------------------------------ Gone
- Bellevue Transit Center ----------------------------------- All Gone
- Bellevue Transit Center Rider Services Bldg. ------------- All Gone
- HT Oak Tree Market/ Latina Real ------------------------- Gone
- Shoreline 145th St. Post Office --------------------------- Gone
- 76 Gas Station at 20409 Aurora Ave --------------------- Gone
- SEA-TAC Airport ------------------------------------------ All Gone
I'll post more locations & statuses when I find or remember any other dead phones.

Here are Google Maps locations for some of these pay phones and some other new dead phone locations(tinyurl form):

Seattle Center (near Armory): https://tinyurl.com/4yz9s54t
Seattle Center (near Exhibition Hall): https://tinyurl.com/bdf65v4z
Lucky 5 Mini Mart: https://tinyurl.com/388927zy
Bellevue Transit Center: https://tinyurl.com/ymv6kujx
Bellevue Transit Center: https://tinyurl.com/ycy7u8sj
Bellevue Transit Center: https://tinyurl.com/2n5vwt22
Route 522 76 Gasoline: https://tinyurl.com/bdh8ydrt
Bothell Way Chevron: https://tinyurl.com/2d9yab4j
Canyon Park Bartell Drugs: https://tinyurl.com/bdedyt96
Bothell Park & Ride: https://tinyurl.com/mtcka6cy
907 E Pike St.: https://tinyurl.com/3rbsb7za

[Westrex]

Here's some pay phones. The 2 banks of gone pay phones are in the Washington State Convention Center, by the entrances/exits in the room within the Atrium Lobby, while the other 2 are in the former Northgate Transit Center, next to the Northgate Park & Ride and Thorton Place.

[Westrex]

Here's some old Seattle Chinatown pay phones (these all disappeared between 2008 & 2011):

- 611 S. Jackson Street: http://tinyurl.com/4bc6fde3
- 417 6th Street: http://tinyurl.com/3yavm7ra
- 610 S. Maynard Avenue: http://tinyurl.com/rfy5hsdt
- 686 S. Jackson Street: http://tinyurl.com/ysm2vm7e

This pay phone at Alki Beach changed enclosures over time (going from 2 phones to 1):

2009: http://tinyurl.com/yp3zkeak
2017: http://tinyurl.com/yeyse75u
Note: By 2018, it was gone.

Pay phones on Pike Street:

- http://tinyurl.com/58j3c63h

Note: If you go to the Pay Phone Project, and go to "Washington", the pay phone at "The House of Louie" is in Portland, OR and not in Ballard. The address is 203 4th Ave NW.
Here's the image: https://www.payphone-project.com/photos/_data/i/galleries/North_America/United_States/Washington/DSC00153-xl.jpg.