[Trade Journal]
Publication: Telephone Engineer
Chicago, IL, United States
vol. 44, no. 7, p. 23, col. 2-3
It': Odd
But True
Monument to a
Telegraph Line
On telegraph road near Mount Vernon the home of George Washington about twenty miles south of Washington, D. C., stands this steel marker a monument to the first telegraph line in the world. This line was a part of the Washington-New Orleans Telegraph Company and was built from Washington to Petersburg in 1847—Submitted by Ray Blain.
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