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Historic
Attractions & Museums - Heart's Content
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Heart's Content
helped usher in the modern age when the first successful transatlantic
telegraph cable was landed by the Great Eastern on July 27, 1866. The community served as a major
cable relay station for over a century. Visit the old Cable Station, which
has been preserved and is now open to the public during the summer months
as a Provincial Historic Site. The Cable Station is a special hit with
people interested in communications. It seems like all you have to do is
turn on the equipment and begin sending and receiving messages. There are
informative displays on the various cables, the changes in technology
during the life of the station and some of the people involved in
developing long-distance telegraphy.
Heart's Content Cable Station Provincial Historic Site
P.O. Box 8700
St. John's, NL, A1B 4J6
(more information)
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