print email comment close Porthcurno Telegraph Museum URL: http://www.porthcurno.org.uk/ Description: Website for this British museum in Porthcurno, "once the world's most important cable station. ... In 1941 this important communications site was relocated under ground to protect it from enemy attack." Features a photographic tour of the museum, annotated images of featured objects (such as a Morse Code machine), and details about people and technology (such as principles of telegraphy and construction of telegraph cables). Also includes local history material about Porthcurno. Publisher: Porthcurno Telegraph Museum Extra Keywords St Levan LII Database Information: Record 25151 created by Maria Brandt on 12/18/2007 Last modification on 01/02/2008 Published: 01/02/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25151