first transcontinental telegraph
GPTKB entity
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:Telecommunications
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| gptkbp:associated_with |
gptkb:Anson_Stager
gptkb:Thomas_Edison gptkb:Samuel_Morse |
| gptkbp:built |
telegraph companies
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| gptkbp:completed |
1861
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| gptkbp:contributed_to |
economic growth
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| gptkbp:enables |
faster decision making
real-time news |
| gptkbp:established |
national communication network
|
| gptkbp:first_awarded |
What hath God wrought?
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| gptkbp:historical_achievement |
American engineering
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| gptkbp:historical_context |
gptkb:American_Civil_War
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| gptkbp:historical_significance |
first coast-to-coast communication
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
first transcontinental telegraph
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| gptkbp:impact |
news reporting
business communication social communication |
| gptkbp:increased |
public awareness
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| gptkbp:influenced |
railroad expansion
political communication future communication technologies future telegraph systems |
| gptkbp:initiated_by |
1861
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| gptkbp:inspired |
future telecommunication advancements
global telecommunication systems |
| gptkbp:is_connected_to |
gptkb:California
gptkb:Missouri gptkb:West_Coast East Coast |
| gptkbp:is_funded_by |
gptkb:U._S._government
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| gptkbp:led_to |
development of radio communication
increased settlement in the West improved emergency response development of satellite communication |
| gptkbp:length |
approximately 2,000 miles
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| gptkbp:operated_by |
gptkb:Western_Union
|
| gptkbp:operates_in |
1883
1920s |
| gptkbp:operates_under |
Morse telegraph system
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| gptkbp:part_of |
telecommunication history
American innovation history telegraph network U. S. history |
| gptkbp:popularized_by |
long-distance communication
|
| gptkbp:precedent |
future infrastructure projects
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| gptkbp:reduces |
communication time
|
| gptkbp:reign |
information exchange
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| gptkbp:replaced_by |
telegraph cables
transcontinental telephone |
| gptkbp:route |
Overland Route
|
| gptkbp:significance |
improved communication
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| gptkbp:used_for |
commercial purposes
military communication |
| gptkbp:uses_technology |
Morse code
|
| gptkbp:was_a_demonstration_of |
importance of communication
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| gptkbp:was_marked_by |
end of isolation for the West
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Western_Union
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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