Telegraph development

By Liam Sitter
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    Idea

    The idea of a telegraph system was first thought of.

  • A network

    A network of telegraphs where first used in France
  • Samuel Morse

    Samuel Morse

    Samuel Morse first started to work on his version of the telegraph.
  • A code

    A code

    morse code was invented as the main code for the telegraph
  • Congress

    Congress

    Morse showed his idea of the telegraph and got government support to keep developing.

  • A system

    A system of telegraphs was built from D.C to Baltimore
  • A message

    A message

    The first message of a telegraph was sent from D.C to Baltimore.

  • Transcontinental

    The first transcontinental line was built by Western Union

  • Automation

    The first automated telegraph line was made
  • Period: to

    Decline

    The use of the telegraph started to decline
  • The end

    The end

    The use of the telegraph was no more in the United States