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Signal Hill and Marconi’s 1901 transmission

Cabot Tower on Signal Hill, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, photographed in 2013.
Cabot Tower on Signal Hill, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, photographed in 2013. Cabot Tower on Signal Hill in St. John's, Newfoundland · KristaKals · 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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Signal Hill, overlooking the Narrows into St. John’s Harbour, was important for defence and communications for three centuries, with fortifications built as France and Britain battled for the continent. In 1901, Guglielmo Marconi received the first transatlantic wireless transmission atop the hill, a landmark in global communications history.

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The hill’s defence and communications history, not Cabot Tower’s construction.

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