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Liverpool and Holyhead Telegraph

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NPRN300822
Map ReferenceSH28SW
Grid ReferenceSH2170083400
Unitary (Local) AuthorityIsle of Anglesey
Old CountyAnglesey
CommunityTrearddur
Type Of SiteSIGNALLING STRUCTURE
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
The location of the mast of the old telegraph station.

Event and Historical Information:
The Liverpool and Holyhead Telegraph consisted of 11 stations, 8 of which were in Wales. It was opened in 1827 as a one mast system. It was improved and rebuilt as a two mast system in 1841, and replaced by the electric telegraph in 1861. The first message sent (throughout the system) was on 5 November 1827 and last signal sent 24 November 1860.

Sources include:
Large, F, 1998, Faster than the Wind: The Liverpool to Holyhead Telegraph, Avid Publications
Historic Admiralty Chart 1473-A2, RCAHMW Digital Collections sourced from UK Hydrographic Office (published 1843)
Wilson, G, 1976, The Old Telegraphs

RCAHMW, October 2011.