Cabot Tower Signal Hill St. John's NL
by Barbara A Griffin
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Cabot Tower Signal Hill St. John's NL
Artist
Barbara A Griffin
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Photograph - Photograph
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Cabot Tower Signal Hill St. John's NL by Barbara Griffin. Cabot Tower on top of Signal Hill, where Marconi received the first wireless message from England to St. John's, Newfoundland. It was begun in 1898 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of John Cabot's discovery of Newfoundland. In 1901, Marconi received the first trans-Atlantic wireless message from Cornwall, England.
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November 22nd, 2017
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