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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.
Marconi in the room set up on Signal Hill with the equipment he used to receive the first transatlantic signal.
The Marconi family were aristocrats and they felt that what the public thought of them was important. Guglielmo took good care of himself and made sure to dress […]
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.
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 […]
The Marconi on Fogo Island, which preserves the history of wireless communications in the area.
The locations of wireless stations in Labrador before 1913. The map caption incorrectly states the Labrador stations were built by the United States.
Marconi sent this telegram to Alexander Graham Bell on December 20, 1901. Telegrams were often short because companies charged by the word. Image transcription: “Sorry, cannot accept your […]
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 […]