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Battle Harbour, Labrador: Wireless Station

Two small buildings and an antenna on a barren rocky slope.

Photographer unknown. July 1936. Battle Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador. “Battle Harbour, Labrador: Wireless Station.” Mildred E. Allison Collection, Collection MG 97, Item A 109-138. The Rooms Provincial Archives.

The Battle Harbour wireless station. Like this one, many stations were built in secluded areas along the sea coast. Their isolation was not for privacy reasons, but because these locations were ideal for sending and receiving radio signals.