Heart's Content Cable Station
GPTKB entity
Statements (18)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
telegraph
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gptkbp:architecturalStyle |
Victorian
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gptkbp:closed |
1965
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gptkbp:connectedTo |
Valentia Island, Ireland
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gptkbp:currentUse |
gptkb:museum
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gptkbp:function |
Western terminus of the first successful transatlantic telegraph cable
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gptkbp:heritageDesignation |
gptkb:Provincial_Historic_Site_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador
National Historic Landmark |
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Heart's Content Cable Station
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gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Heart's_Content,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador,_Canada
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gptkbp:opened |
1866
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gptkbp:operatedBy |
gptkb:Western_Union
gptkb:Anglo-American_Telegraph_Company |
gptkbp:ownedBy |
gptkb:Government_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador
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gptkbp:significance |
enabled rapid communication between North America and Europe
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gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list |
2017
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Heart's_Content,_Newfoundland
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
8
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