[Elecraft] OT: Wiring A Continent : The U.S. Transcontinental Telegraph Line

[Alan Bloom]

And the line was completed while the Civil War was raging.  Amazing!

Alan N1AL


On 11/21/23 13:43, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> I highly recommend this fascinating first-person account. You might want to skim over the parts about political infighting to get to descriptions of the route, procurement of poles, Indian encounters, and inclement weather.
>
> (And we thought Field Day setup was challenging.)
>
> http://www.telegraph-history.org/transcontinental-telegraph/index.html
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
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