Question: In 1889, what new tech innovation was installed in Hartford Connecticut?
Answer: The nation’s first pay phone was installed in 1889 outside what was then the Hartford Connecticut Trust Company, and the location is still marked by a commemorative plaque. The pay phone was the brainchild of inventor William Gray, who couldn’t find a private phone to use when he needed a doctor for his sick wife. In response, he patented the “coin-controlled apparatus” that became the once-ubiquitous public pay phone.
