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To Dismantle Cape Ray Wireless Station

A newspaper article titled “To Dismantle Cape Ray Wireless Station.” The text reads: “Evidently the wireless station at Cape Ray is unnecessary or not a paying affair, as it is the intention of the Marconi people to dismantle it. Captain John Barushett, the well known mariner of Grand Bank, Newfoundland, arrived here recently, and will await the arrival of the necessary apparatus with which to take down the plant at the Newfoundland promontory, when he will proceed to Port aux Basques where he will secure the necessary help to finish the work. The apparatus will then be forwarded to the Pacific Coast, where it will be installed by the Marconi Company. The dismantling of the Cape Ray plant will mean much more work for the North Sydney wireless station, which will now handle all reports from the Gulf. --North Sydney Herald.”

Author unknown. April 17, 1922. Cape Ray, Newfoundland and Labrador. “To Dismantle Cape Ray Wireless Station.” Memorial University of Newfoundland Digital Archives Initiative.

Closing a wireless station was not an easy task. This article shows how much work went into shutting down the Cape Ray station. As was done there, radio equipment was often sent to upgrade another station. The receiving station also had to be prepared to take over the closing station’s regular operations.

Image transcription: Newspaper article titled “To Dismantle Cape Ray Wireless Station.” The text reads: “Evidently the wireless station at Cape Ray is unnecessary or not a paying affair, as it is the intention of the Marconi people to dismantle it. Captain John Barushett, the well known mariner of Grand Bank, Newfoundland, arrived here recently, and will await the arrival of the necessary apparatus with which to take down the plant at the Newfoundland promontory, when he will proceed to Port aux Basques where he will secure the necessary help to finish the work. The apparatus will then be forwarded to the Pacific Coast, where it will be installed by the Marconi Company. The dismantling of the Cape Ray plant will mean much more work for the North Sydney wireless station, which will now handle all reports from the Gulf. –North Sydney Herald.”