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The Telegraph Over Time

By GraydenV
  • Beginning of the Telegraph

    Beginning of the Telegraph

    Samuel Morse began working on his version of the telegraph
  • Morse Code was Invented

    Morse Code was Invented

    Samuel Morse invented morse code in 1835
  • First Electrical Telegraph was Invented

    First Electrical Telegraph was Invented

    Samuel Morse invented the first electrical telegraph in 1837
  • Telegraph System

    Telegraph System

    Samuel Morse built a telegraph system from Washington D.C. to Baltimore.
  • First Message

    First Message

    The first telegraph message was sent. "What hath God Wrought."

  • New Lines to connect cities

    New telegraph companies built lines to connect the biggest cities in the Northeast.

  • Each Company Controls a Different Region

    In 1857 the six companies formed a cartel to help each company control a different region.
  • Period: to

    First President to use Telegraph

    Abraham Lincoln was the first president to use the telegraph. He also used the telegraph in the civil war.
  • Western Union Company

    Western Union Company

    A telegraph company Western Union operated on 44,000 miles of wire and was worth about 10 million dollars.
  • A Form of Automatic Transmission was made

    A Form of Automatic Transmission was made

    A form of automatic transmission was made. This made the message transmission much faster.