Thesaurus Term/Concept: TELEGRAPH STATION

Identifier 68689
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note One in a chain of stations with semaphore shutters and telescopes which could relay messages according to a planned code. Used from the 1790s by the British Admiralty to speed up communications from London to the ports of Deal, Portsmouth and Plymouth.

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Context Record
Monument Type MSF10325 Yarmouth to London Telegraph Station, Icklingham Plantation (Monument)