Central Telegraph Office, Yangon

Central Telegraph Office
ဗဟိုကြေးနန်းရုံး
General information
Location	Yangon, Myanmar
Coordinates	16.774131°N 96.161312°E / 16.774131; 96.161312
Completed	1917
Design and construction
Architect(s)	John Begg

Central Telegraph Office (Burmese: ဗဟိုကြေးနန်းရုံး) is a colonial-era landmark in Yangon, Myanmar (formerly Rangoon, Burma), designated in the Yangon City Heritage List. The building, located on the corner of Pansodan and Maha Bandula Roads, now houses the a government office, Myanma Posts and Telecommunications (MPT).

Central Telegraph Office was designed by John Begg, a government architect who had also designed other colonial era buildings in the city, including Custom House on Strand Road, and the Printing and Publishing Enterprise building.^[1] Construction for the four-story, steel-framed building, took place between 1913 and 1917, delivered by Clark & Greig.^[2][1] For a time, the building also housed the Burma Broadcasting Service.^[1]

References

1. "Places in History | Colonial Communications Hub Linked Myanmar with Outside World". The Irrawaddy. 2020-05-19. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
2. "Myanma Post and Telecommunications – Architectural Guide: Yangon". Retrieved 2020-05-23.

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