And the line was completed while the Civil War was raging. Amazing!
Alan N1AL
On 11/21/23 13:43, Wayne Burdick wrote:
I highly recommend this fascinating first-person account. You might want to
skim over the parts about political infighting to get to descriptions of the
route, procurement of poles, Indian encounters, and inclement weather.
(And we thought Field Day setup was challenging.)
http://www.telegraph-history.org/transcontinental-telegraph/index.html
73,
Wayne
N6KR
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