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- The first movement to put a line of telegraph in operation was made in 1852, when Messrs. Allen and Burham obtained from the Legislature of California a franchise giving them the right to operate a line between San Francisco and Marysville, via San Jose, Stockton, and Sacramento, for the term of fifteen years - this right to be exclusive, provided that the line was completed by the first of November, 1853.
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The first transcontinental telegraph (completed October 24, 1861) was a line that connected the existing telegraph network in the eastern United States to a small network in California, by means of a link between Omaha, Nebraska and Carson City, Nevada, via Salt Lake City.
March 1861: The Pony Express reduces it route from Salt Lake City, Utah to Sacramento, California. 4 July 1861: Work to complete the first transcontinental telegraph begins, with James Gamble in charges of the western crew starting in Nevada, and Edward Creighton heading the eastern crew.
In the fall of the same year, 1860, J.H. Wade, the representative of the Western Union Company, came to California to complete arrangements for the commencement of the great work.
The California State Telegraph Company also began construction of a telegraph line in 1853 to connect San Francisco with San Jose, Stockton, Sacramento, and Marysville. Workers began stringing lines south from San Francisco towards San Jose on September 13, 1853 and reached Marysville on October 25.
Sep 16, 2024 · Telegraph, any device or system that allows the transmission of information by coded signal over distance. The term most often refers to the electric telegraph, which was developed in the mid-19th century and for more than 100 years was the principal means of transmitting printed information.
In 1844, the federal government funded the first telegraph line in the United States to see whether Samuel Morse's telegraph invention worked. You will see this first line between Washington and Baltimore.
