[NJARC] [MorseCode] Speedwell Villiage Reopens !

[pmalvasi at aol.com]

I advised Tom and the Morse Code reflector that I'll pay them a visit 
this week and will report to both lists.

The one thing which really impressed me at Speedwell some years ago 
when Tom and I visited (aside from the outrageous disrespect for some 
very valuable items and documents - like Vails original lab notes from 
the Baltimore to DC demo - which I found thrown in the back of an old 
file cabinet) was the special feeling of being able to get very upfront 
and close to the actual work benches and tools Vail and Morse use, and 
some of the left over items which were'nt sent elsewhere - like a roll 
of the original wire wrapped around the barn to similulate long 
distance lines).  These were unprotected spaces too.   The only other 
museum where I felt that way was at the Book Depository in Dallas where 
you can stand in the exact spot wihere Oswald did his evil deed. That 
place is more controlled however.

We'll see what the county did at Speedwelll now aside from making it 
simply a county parkland - which was their main intent.


-----Original Message-----
From: John Dilks K2TQN <oldradio at worldnet.att.net>
To: njarc at mailman.qth.net; SCARA Reflector <scara at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 3:01 pm
Subject: [NJARC] [MorseCode] Speedwell Villiage Reopens !


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_______________________________________________ 
 
From: "Tom Perera" <telegraph at w1tp.com> 

To: "MorseCode" <morsecode at mailman.qth.net> 
Subject: [MorseCode] Speedwell Villiage Reopens ! 
 
I am happy to be able to report that after a 1.5 million dollar 
restoration, Speedwell Village where Vail made the instruments used by 
Morse in his demonstrations and later work has reopened. 
 
When Pete Malvasi W2PM and I went there a few years ago the historic 
instruments were poorly displayed, there was no security, and priceless 
historic papers were to be found in rusty filing cabinets. 
 
Pete and I were worried that New Jersey county politics might take 
precedence over careful and thoughtful restoration but it seems as 
though the job may have been well thought-out and executed. Pete, I 
hope that you can go there sometime in the near future to bring back a 
first-hand report and hopefully some photos. It is a loooong trip for 
me from Vermont... 
 
Here is the Newspaper article describing the event: 
 
http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008809140357 
 
73, Tom 
Tom Perera - W1TP 
Administrator: Morse Code Reflector 
Email: Telegraph at w1tp.com 
Telegraph Museums: http://w1tp.com 
Enigma Museums: http://w1tp.com/enigma 
 
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