Remains of the First Transatlantic Wireless Station - South Wellfleet MA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member nomadwillie
N 41° 54.838 W 069° 58.292
19T E 419431 N 4640681
41.913972, -69.971528
Waymark Code: WM168MT
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 06/02/2022
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member ScroogieII
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SOUTH WELLFLEET, 9.5 m. (alt. 26), is a small village.

1. Right 0.8 m. from the village on a hard sand road are concrete foundations, the mass of rotting timbers, and half-buried cables that are the Remains of the First Transatlantic Wireless Station in the United States, which was put into operation by Marconi, Jan. 19, 1901. This point offers one of the finest views of the outer shore of the of the Cape.

American-Guide-Series - Massachusetts: a Guide to its Places and People, p.504





This was the second time I have been here. The last time had to be before the ocean wiped everything out. It is my recollection there were multiple towers standing, but not anything that looked like the post card in gallery.
Book: Massachusetts

Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 504

Year Originally Published: 1937

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