Faraday (London) International Maintenance Controls (IMCs)

The London International Maintenance Centre (IMC) was established in the late 1950s to co-ordinate the testing and repair of all international circuits.

The IMC/C initially dealt with Continental circuits and the later IMC/A dealt mainly with Atlantic links.

"During the period that I was in TAT Test, the equipment and staff moved up to the North Block of Faraday Building, next to the Continental Centre (IMC/C), with the Transatlantic Test being now known as IMC/A."

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The Faraday Experience

John Burt tells us about his work for the GPO between the years of 1942 to 1966, which included a lot of time in Faraday Building.

My first posting to Faraday was Christmas 1942, when I spent three months as a Y2YC on construction duties, mainly installing a PBX for the Repeater Stations speaker circuits.