telegraph company
Wired communication business
A telegraph company is a business that operates a telegraph system, transmitting messages electrically over wires.
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, telegraph companies like Western Union dominated long-distance communication, sending telegrams for personal and commercial use.
The term is now historical, as telegraphy has been supplanted by newer technologies.
- Western UnionRemittance service company
- money transferSending funds electronically
- branch officeRemote corporate location
- lineContinuous mark or queue
- Morse codeDot-dash signaling system
key · relay stations · tap · switchboards · operator · transmitter · Associated Press · copper wires · service fees · code · message · Samuel Morse · wire · transatlantic cable · receiver · click · industrial revolution · electrical circuits
- 19th Century Industriessteel mill, textile mill, coal mine, factory, sawmill
- Victorian institutionsworkhouse, poorhouse, almshouse, lunatic asylum, infirmary
telegraph companypostal service
National mail delivery system
post office · mail service · pony express · courier service · messenger service
telegraph companyinternet service provider
Firm providing network connectivity
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