Resource focuses on telecommunications developments from the laying of the first trans-Atlantic cable through the invention of fiber optics.

Article discusses the effect of the Northern Lights on telecommunications equipment, including telegraph lines.

Examines the early days of the telegraph industry and studies the emergence of the Western Union Telegraph Company.

Provides a history of the British telecommunications company and provides resources from their archives of photography, film and documents.

Furnishes details of the use of copper in the first trans-Atlantic telegraph cable.View other pages on copper and the history of telegraphy.

Chronicles the contributions of University founder Ezra Cornell to the design and construction of telegraph communication lines.

Describes the arrival of telegraphy to India via British colonials in 1854. Courtesy of the "Engines of Our Ingenuity" radio program.

Details the invention of the telegraph by Morse and Vail. Chronicles the first demonstration of the machine and examines its commercial success.

Provides a history of trans-Atlantic and global communications from the first copper telegraph cable to fiber-optic technologies.

Profiles the 19th-century fabricator of telegraph keys highly sought after by today's collectors of telegraph apparatus.

Provides a brief summary of the invention of the telegraph, not as a facilitator of mass communications, but simply to control train movements.

Personal page is dedicated to the study of Morse telegraphy. Read telegraph tales, link to publications and a history of the telegraph system.

Find research resources on the history of telegraphy, with a special focus on women in the telegraph industry.

Describes the technical advances and people who developed the wireless telegraph. Includes a large selection of links.

Guide to the history of this telegraph cable focuses on the role of Canso and Hazel Hill, Nova Scotia. Learn why these towns were the endpoint.