telegraph station
Wired message hub
A telegraph station is a facility equipped to send and receive telegraph messages—communications transmitted as electrical signals over wires.
Before telephones, these stations served as vital communication hubs, staffed by operators who translated messages into and from Morse code.
The term now appears mainly in historical contexts: The Pony Express rider delivered mail to the telegraph station.
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- Morse codeDot-dash signaling system
- dot and dashMorse code components
- transmission lineSignal-carrying conductor structure
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