Telegraphic Collection

Map of British Empire showing international cable
Map of the British Empire (coloured red), showing the All-British international cable going round the world, enabling telegraphic communication. Date: circa 1902

Coiling of the Atlantic cable on board H. M.s Agamemnon prior to the 1858 expedition to lay cable from Britain to North
Coiling of the Atlantic cable on board H.M.S Agamemnon prior to the 1858 expedition to lay cable from Britain to North America

Messrs Glasse and Elliott's Atlantic Telegraph Cable Works yard at East Greenwich, London. The 1, 250 tons of telegraphic cable being laid out in five coils to go on-board the H.M.S

Telegraphic message boy
Telegraph boy employed to deliver telegrams, holding his leather satchel with an important sealed message, which is probably sent up by a Manchester or Birmingham manufacturer to one of the London

Phonoplex telegraph invented by Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931). Engraving

View down Rue Ramy toward Column at Marjeh Square, Damascus
View down Rue Ramy toward the Column at Marjeh Square, Damascus, Syria. This bronze column was erected by Sultan Abdul Hamid II to commemorate the opening of the first telegraphic link in the Middle

MORSE, Samuel (1791-1872). North American painter and physicist, telegraphs inventor. Morse telegraph receiving station using punched tape Movilleron, early 20th c

Column at Marjeh Square, Damascus, Syria. This bronze column was erected by Sultan Abdul Hamid II to commemorate the opening of the first telegraphic link in the Middle East - the line between

Bronze Column at Marjeh Square, Damascus, Syria
Column at Marjeh Square, Damascus, Syria. This bronze column was erected by Sultan Abdul Hamid II to commemorate the opening of the first telegraphic link in the Middle East - the line between

Damascus, Syria - Marjeh - Palace of Justice - Mecca Column
Damascus, Syria - Palace of Justice - Marjeh Square and column. The bronze column was erected by Sultan Abdul Hamid II to commemorate the opening of the first telegraphic link in the Middle East

ADAMS, JOHN COUCH (1819-1892)
First transoceanic wireless telegraphic demonstration from New Yorks Office of the Radio Corporation of America. From

The electric wire at Cape Grinez
The first submarine electric telegraphic despatch from Dover to Cape Grinez, near Calais. The image shows a view of Cape Grinez, taking the wire up the cliff

The Goliah steamer paying out the electric wire
The first submarine electric telegraphic despatch from Dover to Cape Grinez, near Calais. Here, the cable is laid out as the Goliah steam ship sails from England to France

Temporary station at Dover: the steamers prepare to start
The first submarine electric telegraphic despatch from Dover to Cape Grinez, near Calais. After arriving in France however

Marconis new movable radio-telegraphic station, designed by Marquis Solari, Signor Marconis secretary. The station was used for traction or for generating electricity for wireless telegraphy

Morse / Electric Telegraph
Morse telegraphic apparatus Card 2 of 2 B - the receiving end C - the " key" which produces the break of contact

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