Properties (72)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:Telecommunications_company
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| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_Kingdom
|
| gptkbp:dissolved |
1969
merger with other companies |
| gptkbp:founded |
1846
|
| gptkbp:founder |
gptkb:John_William_Macdonald
|
| gptkbp:headquarters |
gptkb:London
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
British Telegraph Company
|
| gptkbp:industry |
Telecommunications
|
| gptkbp:keyPeople |
gptkb:Sir_Charles_Wheatstone
gptkb:Sir_William_Fothergill_Cooke |
| gptkbp:notable_event |
First commercial telegraph service in the UK
|
| gptkbp:operational_area |
gptkb:United_Kingdom
|
| gptkbp:parent_company |
gptkb:Post_Office
|
| gptkbp:service_area |
London to Luton
London to Maidstone London_to_Dartford London_to_Gillingham London_to_Orpington London_to_Cambridge London_to_Birmingham London_to_Edinburgh London_to_Cardiff London_to_Brighton London_to_Ashford London_to_Basingstoke London_to_Bristol London_to_Hastings London_to_Oxford London_to_Portsmouth London_to_Reading London_to_Southampton London_to_Chatham London_to_Dover London_to_Folkestone London_to_Gravesend London_to_Glasgow London_to_Leeds London_to_Liverpool London_to_Manchester London_to_Nottingham London_to_Sheffield London_to_Coventry London_to_Wolverhampton London_to_Barnet London_to_Bexleyheath London_to_Bromley London_to_Camden_Town London_to_Croydon London_to_Dublin London_to_Ealing London_to_Enfield London_to_Hackney London_to_Harrow London_to_Hounslow London_to_Hull London_to_Islington London_to_Kensington London_to_Kingston_upon_Thames London_to_Newcastle London_to_Richmond_upon_Thames London_to_Sidcup London_to_Slough London_to_Sutton London_to_Twickenham London_to_Walthamstow London_to_Watford London_to_Wembley London_to_Westminster |
| gptkbp:services |
Telegraph services
|
| gptkbp:successor |
gptkb:British_Telecommunications_plc
|
| gptkbp:technology |
Electric telegraph
|