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 Chatham Marconi Maritime Center - Chatham. MA Posted by:  Lat34North
N 41° 42.231 W 069° 58.842
19T E 418404 N 4617360
Maritime wireless communications operation center flourished here, one of the 20th century’s premier wireless telegraphy stations. Today the center is open as a museum.
Waymark Code: WMMPM0
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 10/20/2014
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The Marconi Maritime Center opened in Chatham in 1914 and remained in operation until 1997. The Radio Corporation of America (RCA) it acquired the assets of the Marconi Company after World War I. Today the operation center is open as a museum.
From the Historic Marker located near the front entrance to the old Operations center.
"This is the site of Chatham Radio/WCC. Maritime wireless communications flourished here, one of the 20th century’s premier wireless telegraphy stations.
The Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America built the Chatham receiver station in 1914. This is one of many stations built during the early part of the 20th century by Guglielmo Marconi as he expanded his global communications network. It was part of an extensive network of transmitting and receiving wireless stations linking Japan, Hawaii, and the United States to Europe.
The building in front of you is the operations building, the station’s communication hub. Operators in this building forwarded messages to and from Norway. After RCA took over in 1920, it was re-commissioned and became the largest ship to shore wireless telegraphy station in the United States."
Street address:
847 Orleans Rd
North Chatham, MA USA
02650
County / Borough / Parish: Barnstable
Year listed: 1994
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event
Periods of significance: 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Historic function: Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction --Communications Facility, Institutional Housing
Current function: Musuem
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
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