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AATC Telegraph Key and Sounder

AATC Telegraph Key and Sounder

The Anglo-American Telegraph Company used this telegraph key (right) and sounder in their Rantem office between 1923 and 1932, when the small station on Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula closed. […]
Photo of a section of the Transatlantic Telegraph Cable used by the Anglo-American Telegraph Company in Newfoundland

Photo of a section of the Transatlantic Telegraph Cable used by the Anglo-American Telegraph Company in Newfoundland

This is a section of the transatlantic cable laid by the Atlantic Telegraph Company in 1858. Telegraph cables were very intricate. Only a few centimetres in diameter, they […]
Marconi’s assistants preparing kite at Cabot Tower

Marconi’s assistants preparing kite at Cabot Tower

Marconi’s assistants on Signal Hill assemble a kite to raise the antenna in an attempt to receive the first transatlantic radio signal.
Guglielmo Marconi at Signal Hill with instruments used to receive the first transatlantic message

Guglielmo Marconi at Signal Hill with instruments used to receive the first transatlantic message

Marconi in the room set up on Signal Hill with the equipment he used to receive the first transatlantic signal.
Photograph of Herbert Hardy at the Battle Harbour Station

Photograph of Herbert Hardy at the Battle Harbour Station

Herbert Hardy, pictured at his desk, was one of the many operators who kept the Battle Harbour station running.
Signor Marconi and his Instrument

Signor Marconi and his Instrument

This publicity photo was taken of Guglielmo Marconi for a magazine interview in 1897. On the left is a type of spark-gap transmitter. On the right is a […]
Marconi’s First Radio Transmitter

Marconi’s First Radio Transmitter

From left to right, are a spark-gap transmitter, an induction coil, and a telegraph key. A copper sheet was hung above the table to act as an aerial. […]