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"Connecting the World: The Telegraph's Timeless Legacy" Main Street, Salisbury, North Carolina, USA - where the telegraph brought news from afar to this bustling town

Background imageTelegraph Collection: Cooke, Wheatstone needle telegraph used on the Yarmouth and Norwich Railway, 1845

Cooke, Wheatstone needle telegraph used on the Yarmouth and Norwich Railway, 1845
3479950 Cooke, Wheatstone needle telegraph used on the Yarmouth and Norwich Railway, 1845; (add.info.: Cooke, Wheatstone needle telegraph used on the Yarmouth and Norwich Railway)

Background imageTelegraph Collection: Replica of the apparatus with which Morse sent his first public telegraph message on 24th May

Replica of the apparatus with which Morse sent his first public telegraph message on 24th May 1844, 1850
3479947 Replica of the apparatus with which Morse sent his first public telegraph message on 24th May 1844, 1850; (add.info)

Background imageTelegraph Collection: Receiving a message on a Morse printing telegraph, 1891

Receiving a message on a Morse printing telegraph, 1891
3479945 Receiving a message on a Morse printing telegraph, 1891; (add.info.: Receiving a message on a Morse printing telegraph.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background imageTelegraph Collection: Train dispatcher using a Morse key to send message down the line on the railway telegraph system

Train dispatcher using a Morse key to send message down the line on the railway telegraph system, 1891
3479944 Train dispatcher using a Morse key to send message down the line on the railway telegraph system, 1891; (add.info)

Background imageTelegraph Collection: Morse printing telegraph, 1891

Morse printing telegraph, 1891
3479940 Morse printing telegraph, 1891; (add.info.: Morse printing telegraph, showing transmitting key and roll of paper attached to the receiving instrument.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background imageTelegraph Collection: Morse-Disney printing telegraph equipment, 1891

Morse-Disney printing telegraph equipment, 1891
3479936 Morse-Disney printing telegraph equipment, 1891; (add.info.: Morse-Digney printing telegraph equipment, showing the receiving instruments, left and transmitting key)

Background imageTelegraph Collection: Army engineers fixing telegraph wires near coomassie, 1874

Army engineers fixing telegraph wires near coomassie, 1874
3479640 Army engineers fixing telegraph wires near coomassie, 1874; (add.info.: Army engineers fixing telegraph wires near coomassie; Ashanti war, 1874.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background imageTelegraph Collection: Ticker-tape machine at the stock exchange, 1881

Ticker-tape machine at the stock exchange, 1881
3479639 Ticker-tape machine at the stock exchange, 1881; (add.info.: Ticker-tape machine at the stock exchange, 1881.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background imageTelegraph Collection: Receiver of automatic printing telegraph of the type used by financial concerns, 1896

Receiver of automatic printing telegraph of the type used by financial concerns, 1896
3479637 Receiver of automatic printing telegraph of the type used by financial concerns, 1896; (add.info.: Receiver of automatic printing telegraph of the type used by financial concerns)

Background imageTelegraph Collection: Transmitting table and keyboard of the Hughes printing telegraph, 1859

Transmitting table and keyboard of the Hughes printing telegraph, 1859
3479595 Transmitting table and keyboard of the Hughes printing telegraph, 1859; (add.info.: Transmitting table and keyboard of the Hughes printing telegraph, 1859.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background imageTelegraph Collection: The bell of an office telegraph, 1874

The bell of an office telegraph, 1874
3480051 The bell of an office telegraph, 1874; (add.info.: The bell of an office telegraph. No intercommunication was possible; but by means of a pre-arranged code; a number of messages could be sent)

Background imageTelegraph Collection: Brett and little's Electric Telegraph Converser, 1847

Brett and little's Electric Telegraph Converser, 1847
3480046 Brett and little's Electric Telegraph Converser, 1847; (add.info.: Brett and little's Electric Telegraph Converser, 1847.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background imageTelegraph Collection: Instructing telegraph operators at the General Post Office, 1870

Instructing telegraph operators at the General Post Office, 1870
3480045 Instructing telegraph operators at the General Post Office, 1870; (add.info.: Instructing telegraph operators at the General Post Office; St Martins-Le-Grand)

Background imageTelegraph Collection: Instrument room at the Electric Telegraph Office, 1860

Instrument room at the Electric Telegraph Office, 1860
3480042 Instrument room at the Electric Telegraph Office, 1860; (add.info.: Instrument room at the Electric Telegraph Office; Lothbury; London. 1860.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background imageTelegraph Collection: Mechanism of indicator (receiver) of Breguet's dial telegraph, 1891

Mechanism of indicator (receiver) of Breguet's dial telegraph, 1891
3480031 Mechanism of indicator (receiver) of Breguet's dial telegraph, 1891; (add.info.: Mechanism of indicator (receiver) of Breguet's dial telegraph, 1891.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background imageTelegraph Collection: Alphabet of Foy and Breguet's needle telegraph, 1891

Alphabet of Foy and Breguet's needle telegraph, 1891
3480028 Alphabet of Foy and Breguet's needle telegraph, 1891; (add.info.: Alphabet of Foy and Breguet's needle telegraph; used on the Paris Rouen line from 1845)

Background imageTelegraph Collection: Manipulator of Foy and Breguet's needle telegraph, 1845

Manipulator of Foy and Breguet's needle telegraph, 1845
3480025 Manipulator of Foy and Breguet's needle telegraph, 1845; (add.info.: Manipulator of Foy and Breguet's needle telegraph used on the Paris Rouen line from 1845)

Background imageTelegraph Collection: Varley's vacuum tube lightning protector for electric telegraphs, 1882

Varley's vacuum tube lightning protector for electric telegraphs, 1882
3480016 Varley's vacuum tube lightning protector for electric telegraphs, 1882; (add.info.: Varley's vacuum tube lightning protector for electric telegraphs)

Background imageTelegraph Collection: The principle of the Morse telegraph, 1887

The principle of the Morse telegraph, 1887
3480014 The principle of the Morse telegraph, 1887; (add.info.: The principle of the Morse telegraph, 1887. 'Thus let E be a fixed electromagnet; the insulated wires of which are attached to)

Background imageTelegraph Collection: The operating room at the General Post Office, 1874

The operating room at the General Post Office, 1874
3480011 The operating room at the General Post Office, 1874; (add.info.: The operating room at the General Post Office; St Martin's-Le-Grand; London)

Background imageTelegraph Collection: The Australian Overland Telegraph, 1866

The Australian Overland Telegraph, 1866
3480006 The Australian Overland Telegraph, 1866; (add.info.: The Australian Overland Telegraph: begun in 1870 and distance of 1700 miles (2745km)

Background imageTelegraph Collection: Instrument room at the Electric Telegraph Office, 1855

Instrument room at the Electric Telegraph Office, 1855
3480004 Instrument room at the Electric Telegraph Office, 1855; (add.info.: Instrument room at the Electric Telegraph Office; Lothbury; London. 1855.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background imageTelegraph Collection: Cooke & Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1850

Cooke & Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1850
3479983 Cooke & Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: Cooke & Wheatstone's double needle telegraph)

Background imageTelegraph Collection: Cowper's writing telegraph, 1879

Cowper's writing telegraph, 1879
3479981 Cowper's writing telegraph, 1879; (add.info.: Cowper's writing telegraph 1879. 1: complete apparatus. 2: the pen on the transmitter. 3: the pen on the receiver)

Background imageTelegraph Collection: House's electric printing telegraph, 1850

House's electric printing telegraph, 1850
3479965 House's electric printing telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: House's electric printing telegraph. An electrical telegraph is a telegraph that uses electrical signals)

Background imageTelegraph Collection: A teleprinter in use at the New York Stock Exchange: an Edison instrument, 1885

A teleprinter in use at the New York Stock Exchange: an Edison instrument, 1885
3479963 A teleprinter in use at the New York Stock Exchange: an Edison instrument, 1885; (add.info.: A teleprinter in use at the New York Stock Exchange)

Background imageTelegraph Collection: David Hughes's printing telegraph, 1891

David Hughes's printing telegraph, 1891
3479961 David Hughes's printing telegraph, 1891; (add.info.: David Hughes's printing telegraph. This was powered by clockwork, with a driving weight of about 50kg)

Background imageTelegraph Collection: Shipping the Mediterranean telegraph cable at Morden Wharf, 1854

Shipping the Mediterranean telegraph cable at Morden Wharf, 1854
3479549 Shipping the Mediterranean telegraph cable at Morden Wharf, 1854; (add.info.: Shipping the Mediterranean telegraph cable at Morden Wharf, Greenwich, London)

Background imageTelegraph Collection: The old Monarch laying Cable from England to Holland, 1853

The old Monarch laying Cable from England to Holland, 1853
3479548 The old Monarch laying Cable from England to Holland, 1853; (add.info.: The Adder and the Monarch laying the submarine telegraph cable between Orfordness England and Scheveningen Holland)

Background imageTelegraph Collection: The Crimean War: Laying down telegraphy wires for communications, 1854

The Crimean War: Laying down telegraphy wires for communications, 1854
3479547 The Crimean War: Laying down telegraphy wires for communications, 1854; (add.info.: The Crimean War: Laying down telegraphy wires for communications, 1854.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background imageTelegraph Collection: Wagon carrying equipment for laying telegraph wires, 1854

Wagon carrying equipment for laying telegraph wires, 1854
3479475 Wagon carrying equipment for laying telegraph wires, 1854; (add.info.: Wagon carrying equipment for laying telegraph wires; Crimean war, 1854.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background imageTelegraph Collection: The first electric telegraph, invented in Geneva (Switzerland) in 1774

The first electric telegraph, invented in Geneva (Switzerland) in 1774, by George Louis Lesage (1724-1803)
JAB4121770 The first electric telegraph, invented in Geneva (Switzerland) in 1774, by George Louis Lesage (1724-1803). Engraving 1868; (add.info.: The first electric telegraph)

Background imageTelegraph Collection: The 'Great Eastern' used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850

The 'Great Eastern' used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850
3359126 The 'Great Eastern' used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the 'Great Eastern' used during the creation of the Atlantic)

Background imageTelegraph Collection: The 'Great Eastern' used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850

The 'Great Eastern' used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850
3331062 The 'Great Eastern' used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the 'Great Eastern' used during the creation of the Atlantic)

Background imageTelegraph Collection: The 'Great Eastern' used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850

The 'Great Eastern' used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850
3331055 The 'Great Eastern' used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the 'Great Eastern' used during the creation of the Atlantic)

Background imageTelegraph Collection: The 'Great Eastern' used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850

The 'Great Eastern' used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850
3331053 The 'Great Eastern' used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the 'Great Eastern' used during the creation of the Atlantic)

Background imageTelegraph Collection: The 'Great Eastern' used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850

The 'Great Eastern' used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850
3331050 The 'Great Eastern' used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the 'Great Eastern' used during the creation of the Atlantic)

Background imageTelegraph Collection: The use of Mangin's optical telegraph, 1850

The use of Mangin's optical telegraph, 1850
3480163 The use of Mangin's optical telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the use of Mangin's optical telegraph. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background imageTelegraph Collection: A scene with the Post Office telegraph headquarters, 1850

A scene with the Post Office telegraph headquarters, 1850
3478429 A scene with the Post Office telegraph headquarters, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a scene with the Post Office telegraph headquarters in London)

Background imageTelegraph Collection: Telegraph House, 1857

Telegraph House, 1857
3478753 Telegraph House, 1857; (add.info.: Telegraph House, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, 1857.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background imageTelegraph Collection: The 'Great eastern' steamship used to lift the Atlantic telegraph cable, 1866

The 'Great eastern' steamship used to lift the Atlantic telegraph cable, 1866
3478949 The 'Great eastern' steamship used to lift the Atlantic telegraph cable, 1866; (add.info.: The 'Great eastern' steamship used to lift the Atlantic telegraph cable)

Background imageTelegraph Collection: Testing the 1865 Atlantic telegraph cable on board the Great Eastern, 1866

Testing the 1865 Atlantic telegraph cable on board the Great Eastern, 1866
3478944 Testing the 1865 Atlantic telegraph cable on board the Great Eastern, 1866; (add.info.: Testing the 1865 Atlantic telegraph cable on board the Great Eastern 17 August 1866)

Background imageTelegraph Collection: Laying the Trans-Atlantic cable at Foilhommerum Bay, 1865

Laying the Trans-Atlantic cable at Foilhommerum Bay, 1865
3478899 Laying the Trans-Atlantic cable at Foilhommerum Bay, 1865; (add.info.: Laying the Trans-Atlantic cable at Foilhommerum Bay, near Valentia, Ireland, 1865.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background imageTelegraph Collection: The Atlantic telegraph message being received from the Great Eastern in the instrument room in

The Atlantic telegraph message being received from the Great Eastern in the instrument room in Valencia, 1870
3478892 The Atlantic telegraph message being received from the Great Eastern in the instrument room in Valencia, 1870; (add.info)

Background imageTelegraph Collection: Steam ship 'William Hutt', 1853

Steam ship 'William Hutt', 1853
3479156 Steam ship 'William Hutt', 1853; (add.info.: Steam ship 'William Hutt' laying out cable for the submarine telegraph between England and Belgium)

Background imageTelegraph Collection: Laying an electric telegraph cable, 1868

Laying an electric telegraph cable, 1868
3479154 Laying an electric telegraph cable, 1868; (add.info.: Laying an electric telegraph cable across the bed of an American river. Dated 1868.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background imageTelegraph Collection: Eclectic telegraph cable, 1851

Eclectic telegraph cable, 1851
3479171 Eclectic telegraph cable, 1851; (add.info.: France and England connected by a submarine electric telegraph cable. London, dated 1851.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background imageTelegraph Collection: Landing the cable of the Falmouth Gibraltar and Mediterranean, 1870

Landing the cable of the Falmouth Gibraltar and Mediterranean, 1870
3479167 Landing the cable of the Falmouth Gibraltar and Mediterranean, 1870; (add.info.: Landing the cable of the Falmouth Gibraltar and Mediterranean telegraph at Porthournew Bay, Cornwall)



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"Connecting the World: The Telegraph's Timeless Legacy" Main Street, Salisbury, North Carolina, USA - where the telegraph brought news from afar to this bustling town. Step into the printing room of the Daily Telegraph in 1900 and witness the birth of mass communication. Discover the grand entrance to Cal-Neva Lodge in Nevada, USA - a place where telegrams carried messages of excitement and anticipation. Bank and shops in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA - witness how telegraph lines transformed commerce and connected businesses across states. Travel back to the 1890s with an advert for Camp Coffee - a product that reached households through telegraphic promotions. Experience the hustle and bustle at Kings Cross station in London during British Railways' golden era (c1949-1950) when telegraphs kept trains on track. Unveil history through front pages of Daily Telegraph during WW1 (1914, 1918, and 1919), showcasing how vital telegraphs were for reporting war updates. Station Road in New Milton, Hampshire takes you on a journey down memory lane as you imagine telegram deliveries shaping local lives. Witness greatness as Great Eastern lays transatlantic telegraph cables – connecting continents like never before. Meet trailblazing women like our female telegraph operator from 1910 who shattered gender norms while transmitting important messages worldwide. Stand tall beside Orford Ness Lighthouse in Suffolk – guarding against maritime perils while serving as a beacon for crucial coastal communications via telegram. Early fire brigade street alarm reminds us how rapid communication through telegraphs saved lives by summoning help swiftly when disaster struck. In every corner of the world—from small towns like Salisbury to bustling metropolises—telegraphs have left an indelible mark on human history by bridging distances, connecting people, and shaping the way we communicate.