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The tubes were used to send telegraph forms from local post-offices to the Central Telegraph Office, where the skilled operators were concentrated.
"The underground, or street tubes are mostly 2.75 in. in diameter, but there are also a number of 3-in, tubes in use; those in the large provincial towns (Birmingham, Bradford, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Grimsby, Liverpool, Manchester, Newport, Leeds, Newcastle, Southampton and Swansea) are 2.75 in. There are fifty street tubes in London, varying in length from 100 to 2000 yards.
Glasgow Cowlairs .............................. CI
Glasgow Eastfield ............................. CG
Glasgow PO .................................... GW
Glasgow Queen Street .......................... GO
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