The world’s first telegraph message relayed the biblical phrase “What hath God wrought?” and was brought about by Samuel Morse in 1844. This historic moment may not be the right one to be recognized, ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE For more than a century, lives and the world were affected by messages sent and received via a series of formalized “dits” and “dahs” known as Morse code. The tones are created by a ...

Western Union completed the transcontinental telegraph, bridging communications between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans for the very first time — just as the Civil War tore apart north and south — on ...

An online auction will be held to raise funds for the restoration and preservation of the Valentia Cable Station on Valentia Island off the coast of Co. Kerry, where the first-ever transatlantic ...

Telegraph relays amplify an electrical signal in a telegraph line. Telegraph messages travel as a series of electrical pulses through a wire from a transmitter to a receiver. The pulses fade in ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Telegraph relays amplify an ...