Telegraphy Collection (page 6)

The telegraph cable linking France and Britain, 1850
3479163 The telegraph cable linking France and Britain, 1850; (add.info.: The telegraph cable linking France and Britain as seen in a John Leech cartoon from Punch magazine)

Confused network of telegraph cables, 1881
3479173 Confused network of telegraph cables, 1881; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a confused network of telegraph cables and telephone lines across a cityscape)

Telegraphing from a train in motion, 1888
3479949 Telegraphing from a train in motion, 1888; (add.info.: Telegraphing from a train in motion, 1888.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Receiving a message on a Morse telegraph General Post Office, 1891
3479943 Receiving a message on a Morse telegraph General Post Office, 1891; (add.info.: Receiving a message on a Morse telegraph General Post Office, St Martin's-le-Grand)

Printing mechanism of the Morse telegraph, 1891
3479941 Printing mechanism of the Morse telegraph, 1891; (add.info.: Printing mechanism of the Morse telegraph.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Wagon carrying equipment for laying telegraph wires, 1854
3479665 Wagon carrying equipment for laying telegraph wires, 1854; (add.info.: Wagon carrying equipment for laying telegraph wires; Crimean war, 1854.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The HMS Agamemnon, 1850
3478749 The HMS Agamemnon, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the HMS Agamemnon after laying down the cable for the Atlantic Telegraph. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Edison's electro-motograph, 1879 (engraving)
3480021 Edison's electro-motograph, 1879 (engraving); (add.info.: Edison's electro-motograph. Mr Thomas A. Edison; the inventor of the electro-motograph; states that he has a machine in)

Receiving instrument of the Foy-Breguet electric telegraph with cover removed, 1868
3480020 Receiving instrument of the Foy-Breguet electric telegraph with cover removed, 1868; (add.info.: Receiving instrument of the Foy-Breguet electric telegraph with cover removed, 1868)

Woodpeckers and a section of damaged telegraph pole, 1882
3480018 Woodpeckers and a section of damaged telegraph pole, 1882; (add.info.: Woodpeckers and a section of damaged telegraph pole)

Ronald's dial telegraph and line, 1882
3480015 Ronald's dial telegraph and line, 1882; (add.info.: Sir Francis Ronald's dial telegraph and line, 1882. Sir Francis Ronald's FRS (21 February 1788 - 8 August 1873)

A female telegraph clerk at the General Post Office, 1888
3480001 A female telegraph clerk at the General Post Office, 1888; (add.info.: A female telegraph clerk at the General Post Office; St Martin's-le-Grand; London)

Cooke and Wheatstone's single needle telegraph, 1874
3479992 Cooke and Wheatstone's single needle telegraph, 1874; (add.info.: Cooke and Wheatstone's single needle telegraph showing; left; the front elevation with the alphabet)

Wheatstone's relay, 1890
3479990 Wheatstone's relay, 1890; (add.info.: Wheatstone's relay; which enabled the electric telegraph to be used over a long distance, 1890.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Cooke & Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1850
3479987 Cooke & Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: Cooke & Wheatstone's double needle telegraph)

Cooke & Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1850
3479986 Cooke & Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: Cooke & Wheatstone's double needle telegraph)

Cooke & Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1850
3479984 Cooke & Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: Cooke & Wheatstone's double needle telegraph)

Example of a message received on Bakewell's facsimile printing telegraph, 1850
3479979 Example of a message received on Bakewell's facsimile printing telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: Example of a message received on Bakewell's facsimile printing telegraph)

Transmitting key for a Morse telegraph, 1874
3479970 Transmitting key for a Morse telegraph, 1874; (add.info.: Transmitting key for a Morse telegraph.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Teleprinter in the Bank of England, 1886
3479964 Teleprinter in the Bank of England, 1886; (add.info.: Teleprinter in the Bank of England.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Transmitting table and keyboard of the Hughes printing telegraph, 1859
3479962 Transmitting table and keyboard of the Hughes printing telegraph, 1859; (add.info.: Transmitting table and keyboard of the Hughes printing telegraph.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Running out the wire of Trouve's military telegraph system, 1883
3479546 Running out the wire of Trouve's military telegraph system, 1883; (add.info.: Running out the wire of Trouve's military telegraph system, 1883.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The sending of an emergency signal, 1850
3480165 The sending of an emergency signal, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the sending of an emergency signal on a railway telegraph in France)

Prussian Optical Telegraph, 1885 (engraving)
2452699 Prussian Optical Telegraph, 1885 (engraving); (add.info.: Science. Communication. Prussian optical telegraph, Germany)

The Great Eastern used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850
3331084 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 Telegraph)

The Great Eastern used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850
3331078 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 Telegraph)

The Great Eastern used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850
3331076 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 Telegraph)

A Family Saloon Cabin aboard the Great Eastern used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850
3331058 A Family Saloon Cabin aboard the Great Eastern used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850; (add.info)

The Great Eastern used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850
3331137 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 Telegraph)

The Great Eastern used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850
3331102 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 Telegraph)

The Great Eastern used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850
3331046 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 Telegraph)

The Kirkham and the Assaye taking on cable at Woolwich for the Indian telegraph, 1863
3478997 The Kirkham and the Assaye taking on cable at Woolwich for the Indian telegraph, 1863; (add.info.: The Kirkham and the Assaye taking on cable at Woolwich for the Indian telegraph)

Atlantic telegraph, 1866
3478907 Atlantic telegraph, 1866; (add.info.: Atlantic telegraph: The forge on board the Great Eastern 1866.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The laying of the Atlantic telegraph cable, 1858
3478895 The laying of the Atlantic telegraph cable, 1858; (add.info.: Cartoon from Punch, 1858, at the time of the laying of the Atlantic telegraph cable)

Siemens factory, Markgrafen Strasse, Berlin, c1900. Siemens Brothers produced electrical telegraphy equipnent from 1847
527337 Siemens factory, Markgrafen Strasse, Berlin, c1900. Siemens Brothers produced electrical telegraphy equipnent from 1847

Transmitting a photograph by telegraphy (b/w photo)
8626059 Transmitting a photograph by telegraphy (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Transmitting a photograph by telegraphy)

Sunbonnet, Surveyor, Table-spoon, Tambourine, Teakettle, Telegraph, Telescope, Theatre, Tobacco, Toggle-joint
8650105 Sunbonnet, Surveyor, Table-spoon, Tambourine, Teakettle, Telegraph, Telescope, Theatre, Tobacco, Toggle-joint, Tomahawk, Torpedo (engraving) by German School

Transmitting the Queen's Speech by telegraph (engraving)
8676689 Transmitting the Queen's Speech by telegraph (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Transmitting the Queen's Speech by telegraph)

The HMS Agamemnon, 1850
3359117 The HMS Agamemnon, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the HMS Agamemnon after laying down the cable for the Atlantic Telegraph. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Samuel Morse telegraph, 1885 (engraving)
2452831 Samuel Morse telegraph, 1885 (engraving); (add.info.: Science. Communication. Samuel Morse telegraph. Veredarius, Germany)

Londonian family listening to the signal broadcasted by the Eiffel Tower, 1947 (illustration)
2453374 Londonian family listening to the signal broadcasted by the Eiffel Tower, 1947 (illustration by Begg, Samuel (fl.1886-1916) (after); (add.info.: Science. Time Measuring)

Telegraph of Hughes
2452825 Telegraph of Hughes; (add.info.: Science. Communication. The David Edward Hughes telegraph, first telegraph printing text on a paper tape (1877). Veredarius, Germany, 1885.); Photo © CCI

The Great Eastern used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850
3331069 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 Telegraph)

First attempt to lay a transatlantic undersea telegraph link, 1857
3478752 First attempt to lay a transatlantic undersea telegraph link, 1857; (add.info.: Taking the cable on board HMS Agamemnon in July 1857)

Central Telegraph Establishment, 1850
3479991 Central Telegraph Establishment, 1850; (add.info.: Central Telegraph Establishment; London; showing various instruments in use)

The Niagara used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850
3359205 The Niagara used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Niagara used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph)

Cable transatlantic, c1880 (engraving)
2450316 Cable transatlantic, c1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Science. Communication. Warehouse of the 1866 transatlantic cable laid by Cyrus Field between Ireland and USA)

Telegraph lesson - crippled soldiers, 06 Feb 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Telegraph lesson - crippled soldiers, 06 Feb 1919. Two soldiers, amputee veterans of World War I, leaning to use a telegraph at a vocational school for wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Hospital

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"Unveiling the Wonders of Telegraphy: A Journey Through Time" Step back in time to witness the early fire brigade street alarm, where telegraphy played a crucial role in alerting communities and saving lives. Marvel at the Porthcurno Cable Station, a hub of communication that connected nations across vast oceans. Behold the Rhodes Colossus, an artistic representation from 1892 that symbolizes the power and influence on global connectivity. Explore the wireless officer sending Morse Code messages from aboard a ship during World War I, showcasing how telegraphy became vital for maritime communication. Discover the inner workings of RMS Republic and SS Florida's wireless-telegraphy room, where skilled operators transmitted urgent messages across great distances. Witness how telegraph poles followed alongside the transcontinental railroad, enabling swift transmission of information across vast landscapes. Glimpse into history with an authentic 1860s telegraph key and an 1889 telegraph printer - relics that demonstrate technological advancements over time. Delight in an advertisement for Parkins and Gotto electrical novelties from 1906, showcasing how telegraphic innovations captivated public imagination. Experience firsthand a demonstration of wireless telephone technology - a groundbreaking achievement that revolutionized long-distance communication forever. From its humble beginnings to its transformative impact on society, explore the fascinating world through these captivating glimpses into history.