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TRANSATLANTIC CABLE MONUMENT |
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The Transatlantic Cable Monument which is located next to the old cable station on Cormack Drive was errected in the summer of 2005 to commerate the 50th anniversary of the landing of the first Transatlantic Telephone Cable connecting North America to Europe. The monument contains 2 plaques. One is in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the landing of TAT-1 - The First Transatlantic Telephone cable on June 28th, 1955. The |
second plaque is errected by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for a milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing for the first submarine transatlantic Telephone Cable System in 1956. Next to the Cable Monument are two interpretive signs containing information about early communications history and the the first transatlantic cable. Read more about the Transatlantic Cable in our historic events section.
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Cable Monument Photos: Click to Enlarge Picture
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IEEE Milestone:
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On September 24, 2006 the Newfoundland and Labrador Section of The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, in partnership with the Town of Clarenville and The Clarenville Heritage Society, presented an IEEE Electrical Engineering Milestone The 50th Anniversary of the Commissioning of Transatlantic Cable Number 1 (TAT-1). The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) is the world's largest professional association for the advancement of technology. Its program of "Milestones in Electrical Engineering and Computing" honours significant achievements in the history of electrical and computer engineering. There are only 70 of these milestone sites in the world; six are in Canada and three are in Newfoundland. (1) The first successful transatlantic telegraph cable, in 1866, is commemorated in Hearts Content, (2) the reception of the first wireless signal across the Atlantic by Marconi at Signal Hill in 1901 (3) Clarenville as the eastern terminal of TAT-1 which entered service on September 25, 1956.
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| IEEE Milestone Unvealing: Click to Enlarge Picture |
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Photo Sources: Shannon Oake
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