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Marconi Beach. Marconi Beach is part of the Cape Cod National Seashore in Wellfleet, Massachusetts.The beach is named for Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi.In 1903, the first transatlantic wireless communication originating in the United States was successfully transmitted from nearby Marconi Station; a message from U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt to King Edward VII of the United Kingdom. [1]
Erosion has taken its toll over the years since then, [3] and there was little left as of the date of the National Park Service brochure. [2] No trace of the site remains as of September 2014; the sea has claimed it all. [citation needed] Working station, early 20th century postcard. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic ...
A Marconi station built in 1902 at South Wellfleet, Cape Cod, Massachusetts (initial callsign CC, MCC 1908 to 1911, finally WCC from 1911,) transmitted its first telegraphic message via spark gap transmitter in 1903 from what is now known as the National Park Service "Marconi Area," about a mile north of the entrance to Marconi Beach.
April of 1921, Chatham Radio began high seas radiotelegraph service and became the premier ship to shore station in the United States, serving mariners of the world for over 7 decades. After WW II, a new transmitter facility was built at Forest Beach in South Chatham. It entered service in 1948, replacing the Marion transmitter site.
Marconi Beach is on the ocean side of Cape Cod, about a 20-mile drive south from Provincetown. Leak from once buried Cold War site shuts down more Outer Banks beach, NC park says Castle emerges ...
National seashores are located in ten states and national lakeshores are in two other states. Florida, North Carolina, and Michigan each have two. The largest national seashore or lakeshore is Gulf Islands, at over 137,000 acres (550 km 2); the smallest is Fire Island, at 19,579 acres (79.23 km 2).
This National Park Service archive photo shows a landing strip near the Wellfleet/Eastham town line that was used to launch aircraft carrying drone planes for artillery training at the former Camp ...
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