First Ship-To-Shore Radio Broadcast : Marker #5-62
N 41° 39.237 W 082° 48.974
17T E 348768 N 4612949
Fox's Dock at Bayview and Hartford Avenues
Waymark Code: WMHWX
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 07/21/2006
Views: 34
On July 18, 1907, Dr. Lee deForest broadcast the first ship-to-shore radio message from the steam yacht Thelma. The communication provided quick, accurate race results of the Annual Inter-Lakes Yachting Association (I-LYA) Regatta. Frank E. Butler, a Monroeville, Ohio, native and assistant to deForest, was stationed in the pavilion at Fox's Dock (known today as The Jet Express Dock) and received the radio transmission.
The creation of the vacuum tube by deForest permitted the rapid development of radio and eventually television. The inventor disliked the existing term "wireless," and chose a new moniker -- "radio." On this site wireless-transmission radio broadcasting was born.
Marker Number: #5-62
County: Ottawa
Significance of Location: Event
Bicentenial Mark: no
Website address: [Web Link]
Additional Coordinate: Not Listed
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