2006

SX0162 : Bodmin Radio Station buildings

taken 18 years ago, near to Lockengate, Cornwall, England

Bodmin Radio Station buildings
Bodmin Radio Station buildings
A visitor adds:
This was the Bodmin Beam Wireless Station, opened for service on 25 October, 1926. It was the UK transmitting station for Marconi's UK-to-Canada Beam Wireless Service, the first transoceanic shortwave wireless telegraph service in the world. It transmitted signals to a shortwave receiver at Marconi's Yamachiche Beam Wireless Station near Montreal, Canada. The UK receiver station was the Bridgwater Beam Wireless Station. Link The UK-to-Canada Beam Wireless Service remained in operation until October, 2002 when it was made obsolete by fiberoptic and satellite communications.

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SX0162, 12 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
David Long   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 8 May, 2006   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 14 May, 2006
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SX 018 628 [100m precision]
WGS84: 50:25.8909N 4:47.5262W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SX 019 629
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South-southwest (about 202 degrees)
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