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Iceland's first telegraph table.

Technical Museum of East Iceland

Technical Museum of East Iceland
Seydisfjordur, Iceland

Main telegraph table at Iceland's first telegraph station in Seydisfjordur, opened in 1906. The Station was on one hand, connected by a 534 nautical mile submarine cable to mainland Europe via The Faroe Islands to the Shetland Islands, and on the other hand to the capital, Reykjavík by a 600 km long landline supported by 14.000 wooden telephone poles.

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  • Title: Iceland's first telegraph table.
  • Type: Telegraph
Technical Museum of East Iceland

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