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2. The Victorian Internet - Wikipedia

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   The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-Line Pioneers is a 1998 book by Tom Standage. [1] The book was first published in September 1998 through Walker & Company and discusses the development and uses of the electric telegraph during the second half of the 19th century and some of the ...

3. Australian railway telegraphic codes - Wikipedia

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   A small selection of codes from the 1972 Victorian Railways Telegraph Code Book: Amex 1234 6789 = Trains 1234 and 6789 will not run (i.e. are cancelled) Azor = Arrange to provide assistant locomotive; Boxo = Air-conditioned accommodation fully booked; Hebe = If on hand at your station, send by first train

4. Electrical telegraphy in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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   A greeting telegram unique to the UK was the practise of the monarch sending a message to citizens reaching their hundredth birthday. Instituted by George V in 1917, in the 1940s a special telegram bearing a Royal Crest was introduced. There were only 24 recipients in 1917, rising to 255 in 1952 and by 2015, over 8,000 messages were sent, but ...

5. Transatlantic telegraph cable - Wikipedia

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   Contemporary map of the 1858 transatlantic cable route. Transatlantic telegraph cables were undersea cables running under the Atlantic Ocean for telegraph communications. . Telegraphy is an obsolete form of communication, and the cables have long since been decommissioned, but telephone and data are still carried on other transatlantic telecommunication

6. PHOTOS: Life in Weatherford, Texas, from 1870s to 1950s, from ...

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   Check out what life was like in North Texas town of Weatherford, the Parker County seat since the mid-1800s. We assembled these photos from the Star-Telegram archives.

7. The National Archives (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

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   National Archives at the London University School of Advanced Studies History Day, November 2015. The National Archives's education web page is a free online resource for teaching and learning history, aimed at teachers and students. [46] Users can select time periods they are interested in, from the medieval era to the present day.

8. From the Star-Telegram archives: Historic photos of churches ...

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   We pulled photos from our archives going back to the late 1800s of churches in Fort Worth and Arlington.

9. From the Star-Telegram archive: Paschal High School photos ...

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   Dec. 22, 1950: The girls glee club and girls sextet of Paschal High School in Fort Worth combined talent to sing at the Star-Telegram community Christmas tree and music festival in Burnett Park.