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The invention of the telephone at Brantford, 1874–1876

The Bell Homestead National Historic Site, Brantford, Ontario. Bell Homestead National Historic Site in Brantford, Ontario - panoramio · K Danko · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.

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At his father’s home near Brantford, Ontario, Alexander Graham Bell conceived the fundamental principle of the telephone on 26 July 1874. There, on 3 and 4 August 1876, he publicly demonstrated his patented invention, and on 10 August he made a long-distance call, to Paris, 13 kilometres away.

Scope & context

The invention as described in its Parks Canada national historic event designation.

Sources behind this record

Parks Canada - Invention of the Telephone National Historic Event ↗

Parks Canada (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)

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