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The Aurora Borealis and the Telegraph
Essay on how solar flares crippled communications during the 19th century.
http://www.rainbowriderstradingpost.com/article1.html
Granville T. Woods
Biography of this African-American engineer and inventor, who developed and patented several inventions relating to telegraphy.
http://www.princeton.edu/~mcbrown/display/woods.html
Historical Sketch of the Electric Telegraph
Full text of Alexander Jones. 1852 publication.
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?type=simple&c=moa&sid=611f825d47fd892f&q1=telegraph&rgn=title&firstpubl1=1845&firstpubl2=1925&view=toc&cc=moa&idno=AGX3786.0001.001&start=1&size=25
History of Teletype Development
Brief historical account of the printing telegraph system.
http://www.thocp.net/hardware/history_of_teletype_development_.htm
KA2MGE Telegraph Museum
Photographs and data of telegraph apparatus and telegraph company advertising signs.
http://www.netsync.net/users/gm/
Knights of the Key.
Old time telegraphers tell their stories. Taken from early editions of Railroad Man's Magazine.
http://www.pinnaclewebs.com/railroadstories/rrmmv1n1/knights.asp
The Railroad Telegrapher
Article by Jim Thompson, a retired San Francisco Railway telegrapher.
http://thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org/lochist/periodicals/ozarkswatch/ow702h.htm
Western Union Telegraph Company Records
Scope and contents of the collection held at the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, Archives Center. Features a history of the company and collection. A major resource for researchers.
http://www.si.edu/lemelson/dig/westernunion/
The Electric Telegraph in Sweden
Provides a substantive history between the years 1853 to 1996.
http://www.telemuseum.se/historia/telegraf/home.html
The Overland Telegraph
Essay describes the construction of the telegraph connecting Adelaide and the rest of Australia, through Darwin, with England in 1872.
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~fliranre/overland.htm
Telegrams
History of the telegram since 1844 transmitted by morse or teleprinter.
http://home.iprimus.com.au/oseagram/
The Sparks Telegraph Key Review
An interactive historical and pictorial review of telegraph and wireless telegraph keys. Included is a comprehensive listing of spark key manufacturers.
http://www.zianet.com/sparks/index.html
History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy
Traces the history of undersea cable communications, from the first telegraph cables used in 1850 to the fiber optic cables used today for the Internet.
http://atlantic-cable.com/
Cable at Weston
The Commercial Cable Company, with emphasis on its presence in Weston-super-Mare.
http://www.messiaen.co.uk/cable/
The Atlantic Cable
Image reproduction of a book by Bern Dibner, published by the Burndy Library.
http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/hst/atlantic-cable/
The Strowger Telecomms Page
The history of electromechanical telephone exchanges based on the principles of Almon B. Strowger.
http://www.seg.co.uk/telecomm/
Modern Practice of the Electric Telegraph
The entire 19th century book by Franklin Pope is viewable at this site. This was the standard reference book used by the U.S. Signal Service.
http://sd.znet.com/~cdk14568/mpet/contents.html
Telegraphy
The Art and Skill of Radio Telegraphy by William G. Pierpont, N0HFF. The on-line version of his comprehensive book about telegraphy.
http://www.raes.ab.ca/book/
Thomas A. Edison Papers
Information and documents about Edison's life and career including his years as a telegrapher and inventions in the field of telegraphy.
http://edison.rutgers.edu/
Ezra Cornell: a Nineteenth-Century Life
An on-line exhibit from Cornell University Library that documents his involvement with the construction of the first telegraph lines in America.
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/Ezra-exhibit/entrance.html
Historic Speedwell - Morristown, NJ - Home
A National Historic Site where Alfred Vail constructed and improved the telegraph instruments used by Samuel Morse. Included is an account of the development of the telegraph from Vail's perspective.
http://speedwell.org/
Samuel F. B. Morse Papers at the Library of Congress, 1791-1919
An online presentation comprising about 6,500 items that document Morse's career, including his invention of the electro-magnetic telegraph and participation in the development of telegraph systems used in the United States and abroad.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sfbmhtml/sfbmhome.html
Telegraph History
an assortment of articles that focus on U.S. telegraph history.
http://www.telegraph-history.org
TELEGRAPH INSTRUMENTS OF EUROPE
An extensive presentation of the private telegraph instrument collection of Fons Vanden Berghen.
http://www.faradic.net/~gsraven/fons_images/fons_museum.html
Events in Telecommunications History
A chronology of telecommunications history from the British Telecom Group archives.
http://www.btplc.com/Thegroup/BTsHistory/Eventsintelecommunicationshistory/Eventsintelecommunicationshistory.htm
The Joseph Henry Papers Project
Documenting the life of the revered American scientist who conducted pioneering work in electromagnetism. His unselfish genius helped bring about the inventions of the telegraph, electric motor, and telephone.
http://www.si.edu/archives/ihd/jhp/
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