Transatlantic Wireless National Historic Event
Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
HSMBC plaque location
© Parks Canada / Parcs Canada, 2007 HRS
Address :
corner of Timmerman and Vivian Streets, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
1938-05-19
Other Name(s):
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Transatlantic Wireless
(Designation Name)
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FIRST TRANSATLANTIC RADIO
(Plaque name)
Importance:
First west to east transatlantic message, to England in 1902
Plaque(s)
Existing plaque: Marconi NHSC corner of Timmerman and Vivian Streets, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
In 1901 Signor Guglielmo Marconi received the first transatlantic radio message at Signal Hill in St. John's. On 15 December, 1902, he sent the first West to East message from a new station at Table Head to Poldhu, Cornwall. The station was moved, in 1904, to Port Morien and linked by wireless with Clifden in Ireland. The Port Morien station was officially opened for public use on 17 October, 1907.