Bryant Pond, Maine: World's Largest Telephone

An old-fashioned candlestick phone, 14 feet tall. Bryant Pond was the last town in the U.S. to give up their hand-cranked telephones.

Address:: 1 N. Main St., Bryant Pond, ME
Directions:: On the south side of Hwy 26/Main St. just west of the post office.
Phone:: 207-665-2960

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Bryant Pond, Maine - Giant Telephone To Honor Towns Tenacity

World's Largest Telephone:

The people of Bryant Pond were the last in the U.S. to use hand-cranked telephones. And they celebrated it on October 13, 2008 by unveiling a 14-foot-tall, jet black candlestick phone with a big crank.

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World's Largest Telephone

The phone is easy to find, right next to the post office. My son enjoyed being able to turn the crank for the phone and learning how these old phones used to work.

[Bill Ziegler, 07/13/2025]

The 14-foot-high candlestick phone pays tribute to Bryant Pond, the last U.S. town to give up its hand-cranked telephones.

World's Largest Telephone.

World's Largest Telephone

An enjoyable oddity. There is a parking lot where you can park and get out to take photos. It was interesting to learn that this style phone was used until 1983 in this town.

[Kate, 09/17/2020]

Giant phone.

World's Largest Telephone

I visited this telephone yesterday. It is right next to the post office. Five miles up the road, on the same side of the road, is a giant rolling pin.

[Katie, 05/27/2013]

The rolling pin is in fact a giant dowel, in front of a former dowel mill. The two do look a lot alike.

World's Largest Telephone.