telegraphers
Wire message workers
Telegraphers were operators of telegraph systems, sending and receiving messages by transmitting electrical signals—typically Morse code—over wires.
The occupation flourished from the mid-19th century through the early 20th century, connecting distant points before telephones became widespread.
Railroad telegraphers coordinated train movements; news telegraphers transmitted stories across continents.
Era of mechanized production
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
- transatlanticSpanning the ocean between continents
- Western UnionRemittance service company
- Pony ExpressMounted relay postal system
invention · colonialism · expansion · newsprint · journalism · dateline · Samuel Morse · Thomas Edison
One who works machinery
- signalmenWorkers controlling rail traffic
- dispatchersThose who send out
- clerksAdministrative office employees
- linemenFootball's front-row players
keying · relay · switchboards · transmission · circuitry · cables · telegrams · wired
Small circular marks
keying · encoding · decoding · signal · transmission · alphabet · codebook · brevity
Involving electric and magnetic fields
- cablesHeavy ropes or wires
- wireThin metallic conductor
- circuitClosed electrical pathway
- relayStage-by-stage transmission
receiver · sender · electrical engineering · transatlantic cable · telecommunications · network · sounder · battery
Industrial Revolution
Era of mechanized production
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
- transatlanticSpanning the ocean between continents
- Western UnionRemittance service company
Pony Express · invention · colonialism · expansion · newsprint · journalism · dateline · Samuel Morse · Thomas Edison · electromagnetism
operator
One who works machinery
- signalmenWorkers controlling rail traffic
- dispatchersThose who send out
- clerksAdministrative office employees
linemen · keying · relay · switchboards · transmission · circuitry · cables · telegrams · wired · networks
dots
Small circular marks
dah · keying · encoding · decoding · signal · transmission · alphabet · codebook · brevity · sounder
electromagnetic
Involving electric and magnetic fields
relay · receiver · sender · electrical engineering · transatlantic cable · telecommunications · network · sounder · battery · insulation
- vanishing thingsblacksmiths, cobblers, lamplighters, switchboard operators, milkmen
- railroad jobsconductors, engineers, brakemen, firemen, switchmen
- wartime womenwar nurses, army nurses, military nurses, flight nurses, nurse corps
telegrapherspostal carriers
Workers who deliver mail
mail carriers · letter carriers · postmen · mailmen · couriers