The French Cable Station Museum - a piece of Cape Cod History
Tue, Jan 14
|Marstons Mills Library
Join us to learn about this fascinating history—one of only 3 marine telegraph museums in the world dating from 1866, and listed among the GREAT AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING ACCOMPLISHMENTS, including who built the first marine telegraph and how this new technology was invented.
Time & Location
Jan 14, 2025, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Marstons Mills Library, 2160 Main St, Marstons Mills, MA 02648, USA
About The Event
A Special Public Presentation by Joseph Manas, Director of the Museum, about the station's operation as the American termination point for a telegraph cable that came directly to Orleans from France. The cable, called "Le Direct", was almost 3200 miles long.
Join us to learn about this fascinating history—one of only 3 marine telegraph museums in the world dating from 1866, and listed among the
GREAT AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING ACCOMPLISHMENTS,
including who built the first marine telegraph and how this new technology
was invented—and what to see if you visit the Museum.