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J.J. Collins photographed at the Sable Island wireless station in Nova Scotia. Collins regularly travelled to different stations to perform inspections.
The HM Wireless Station in Mount Pearl during the First World War. The Station comprised the two large buildings in the centre of the photograph. The long building […]
One stage in the deconstruction of one of the Mount Pearl station’s aerial towers. The station’s three towers were each taller than 90 metres.
The HM Wireless Station in Mount Pearl under construction circa 1915. Most materials had to be transported to the site by horse and cart.
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 […]
This station, which Marconi had built in South Wellfleet, Massachusetts, a small community neighbouring Cape Cod, was destroyed in a windstorm. It forced Marconi to find a new […]
The station Marconi had built at Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. Note how it resembles the sketch used to rebuild the Poldhu station. The design for the Glace Bay […]
Many people celebrated the news of the first transatlantic signal, despite the problems with the AATC. Members of the Newfoundland Cabinet joined Marconi on Signal Hill in 1901, […]
Marconi’s assistants on Signal Hill assemble a kite to raise the antenna in an attempt to receive the first transatlantic radio signal.
Most of the wireless towers were torn down when their stations closed. This one still stands, however, near the station in Battle Harbour. It is thought to be […]
Herbert Hardy, pictured at his desk, was one of the many operators who kept the Battle Harbour station running.
The Marconi on Fogo Island, which preserves the history of wireless communications in the area.