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W3WN
10-24-2016, 10:24 AM
"On October 24, 1861, the communications company Western Union finished work on the first transcontinental telegraph line in the United States. For the first time, nearly instant communication was possible across the country, far outpacing the Pony Express which took 10 days to get letters from Missouri to California.


20 years before, it had taken 110 days to get new of President Harrison's death to people in Los Angeles.


More than just a cultural breakthrough, the first transcontinental telegraphy line was an immense feat of engineering."


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_transcontinental_telegraph


(courtesy of Spiceworks Community Spark)
WØTKX
10-24-2016, 10:36 AM
And many of us would have done that dirty job. Because!

For the good of our nation...

http://www.telegraph-history.org/transcontinental-telegraph/harp11.jpg

Though it disrupted other jobs...

http://www.telegraph-history.org/transcontinental-telegraph/pexp7.jpg

It certainly did not have to be an office job...

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/7f/98/49/7f9849aa22addb77f96a3ca285c39895.jpg

http://www.telegraph-history.org/transcontinental-telegraph/
K7SGJ
10-24-2016, 10:48 AM
And, I imagine the first message was either a political ad or an ad for a new Yugo.
NQ6U
10-24-2016, 11:50 AM
And, I imagine the first message was either a political ad or an ad for a new Yugo.

No, it came from a Nigerian prince.

Just FYI, the cost of sending a message on that first line was $1/word. According to this site (http://www.davemanuel.com/inflation-calculator.php), $1 in 1861 would be equivalent to $27.03 in 2016 dollars.
KG4CGC
10-24-2016, 01:39 PM
If social media was around, I wonder what the rant of the day or week would have been with regard to the new technology.
NQ6U
10-24-2016, 02:32 PM
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WZ7U
10-24-2016, 06:16 PM
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Only libruls DILL use it

The first morse typo has been discovered!
NQ6U
10-24-2016, 06:21 PM
Only libruls DILL use it

The first morse typo has been discovered!

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KG4CGC
10-24-2016, 07:31 PM
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KG4NEL
10-24-2016, 08:59 PM
If social media was around, I wonder what the rant of the day or week would have been with regard to the new technology.

#what #hath #god #wrought


#instalike #tbt #selfie
XE1/N5AL
10-29-2016, 02:02 AM
PSE QRS! You guys are sending too fast for me to copy!
kb2vxa
10-30-2016, 01:19 PM
My avatar, The Wizard Of Electricity aka The Golden Boy. Besides being me all over, <blush> he's the symbol of American Telephone and TELEGRAPH. 4Q Wetsturd Onion!
WØTKX
10-30-2016, 02:26 PM
My avatar, The Wizard Of Electricity aka The Golden Boy. Besides being me all over, <blush> he's the symbol of American Telephone and TELEGRAPH. 4Q Wetsturd Onion!

Golden "Boy" seems sexually ambiguous to me. Just like so many of the "ancient gods". Just sayin'. :evil: