The first ever transatlantic radio message between the United States of America and Great Britain originated in Massachusetts in January 1903. That was from Theodore Roosevelt to King Edward VII to say that he was on the train.
Meanwhile, the first ever telegraphic email message between Massachusetts and our HQ in mid Wales occurred 109 years later, in July 2012, and was from a discerning sparky called Carter Wall containing news and a picture of an interesting telegraph pole.
Hi, I work for an electrical contractor in Boston, Massachusetts, and have always been a pole fan – particularly what we call “daughter” poles, where an old pole is strapped to a new one, rather than moving all the utilities from one to the other. This is a rather extreme version of a daughter pole.
Carter Wall
The words “blinking” and “marvellous” come to mind. Carter also kindly provided an internet link by way of anwering Dan Selby who posted back in April that he was looking for a manual on a KS-19935 L7 Test Set. Well, here you go Dan. Thank you Carter.
All in a day’s work here at the Telegraph Pole Appreciation Society.