Monument to the work of Marconi

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Radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi set up the world’s first permanent wireless station at The Needles on the Isle of Wight in 1897. In early experiments, he exchanged wireless messages with a tugboat in nearby Alum Bay, and then with Bournemouth 14 miles away. In 1898, the world’s first paid for radfio telegram was sent from here, and in 1899, information for The Transatlantic Times, the first newspaper produced at sea was transmitted from this station by wireless telegraphy. This monument to Marconi’s work stands on the site of the old wireless station.

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Size: 3500px × 5270px
Location: The Needles, isle of Wight
Photo credit: © John Wade / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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