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Signal Hill Wireless
Where Marconi RECEIVED the 1st Transatlantic Wireless Signal (on 12-Dec-1901)
St. John's, Newfoundland






Did you know that Marconi's company was selected to supply the wireless for the
first (maiden, and last) voyage of the Titanic (15-Apr-1912)?
Unfortunately, the wireless operator on duty that fateful night was so preoccupied
with sending a huge backlog of passenger wireless messages (to Cape Race, Newfoundland)
that he didn't pass on the last 2 warning messages of nearby icebergs to the Titanic captain...


see also  Newfie  Section
Table Head, Nova Scotia  - Where Marconi SENT the 1st Transatlantic Wireless Signal (15-Dec-1902)