The Western Union Telegraph Company

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Western_Union_Telegraph_Company

GPTKB entity

Statements (73)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:company
gptkbp:acquiredBy	gptkb:First_Data_Corporation gptkb:Postal_Telegraph_Company
gptkbp:ceasedTelegraphService	2006
gptkbp:founded	1851
gptkbp:founder	gptkb:Ezra_Cornell
gptkbp:headquartersLocation	gptkb:Denver,_Colorado,_United_States gptkb:New_York_City,_United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	The Western Union Telegraph Company
gptkbp:industry	telecommunications
gptkbp:keyPerson	gptkb:Devin_McGranahan
gptkbp:notableEmployee	gptkb:William_A._Clark gptkb:E.H._Harriman gptkb:William_K._Vanderbilt gptkb:Alexander_Graham_Bell gptkb:Andrew_Carnegie gptkb:Charles_Crocker gptkb:Ezra_Cornell gptkb:Hiram_Sibley gptkb:J.P._Morgan gptkb:John_D._Rockefeller gptkb:John_D._Rockefeller_Jr. gptkb:John_Pierpont_Morgan gptkb:John_W._Mackay gptkb:Leland_Stanford gptkb:Norvin_Green gptkb:Samuel_Morse gptkb:Thomas_Edison gptkb:James_J._Hill gptkb:John_Jacob_Astor_IV gptkb:William_L._Clayton gptkb:David_McAlpin gptkb:Jay_Gould gptkb:William_Henry_Vanderbilt gptkb:Edward_H._Harriman gptkb:John_D._Spreckels gptkb:Cornelius_Vanderbilt gptkb:William_H._Seward gptkb:Henry_Flagler gptkb:William_Rockefeller gptkb:James_Fisk gptkb:Mark_Hopkins_Jr. gptkb:Charles_T._Yerkes gptkb:Frederick_Weyerhaeuser gptkb:Collis_Potter_Huntington gptkb:James_Gamble gptkb:William_E._Dodge gptkb:Cyrus_West_Field gptkb:William_C._Durant gptkb:Henry_Villard gptkb:Russell_Sage gptkb:Frank_Jay_Gould gptkb:George_Jay_Gould gptkb:William_Orton Anson Stager Robert C. Clowry Roy A. Roberts Thomas T. Eckert
gptkbp:notableEvent	completion of the first transcontinental telegraph line in 1861 introduction of money transfer service in 1871 introduction of singing telegram in 1933 introduction of the first stock ticker in 1866
gptkbp:notableProduct	telegraph money transfer wire transfer
gptkbp:parentCompany	gptkb:Western_Union_Company
gptkbp:servesArea	worldwide
gptkbp:spinOff	gptkb:Western_Union_Company
gptkbp:stockSymbol	gptkb:WU
gptkbp:tradedOn	gptkb:NYSE:_WU
gptkbp:website	https://www.westernunion.com/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Western_Union_Financial_Services,_Inc.
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8