Telegraph stations in the United States, the Canadas & Nova Scotia

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Telegraph stations in the United States, the Canadas and Nova Scotia

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Telegraph stations in the United States, the Canadas & Nova Scotia. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.

Catalog notes

Lines connecting telegraph stations show a continent beginning to communicate at a new speed. The map makes infrastructure visible that could otherwise be reduced to a story about a single inventor or machine. It is especially interesting for Florida readers: a Library essay notes that Florida remained the only state east of the Mississippi outside the network at this moment. Rates printed on the sheet also connect geographic reach with the cost of sending a message.

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