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French Cable Station Museum

  • NRHP Name: French Cable Station
  • Address: 41 S Orleans rd
  • Vicinity: SE corner Cove Rd and MA 28
  • Hours: July - AUGUST: Thursday through Sunday 1pm to 4pm, June and September: Friday, Saturday and Sunday 1pm to 4pm
  • Phone: 508.240.1735
  • Travel Genus: Sight , Visit
  • Sight Category: Museums


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1891/00/00 Orleans Cable Station opens as a relay station, owner was La Compagnie Francaise du Telegraphe de Paris a New York
1898/00/00 First direct cable from France was laid, 3173 nautical miles, by the Francois Arago from Brest to the Orleans station, it was the longest single-span cable laid at the time
1927/05/21 News of Charles Lindbergh's safe landing in Paris comes through the French Cable Station and is transmitted to the rest of USA Lindbergh's Transatlantic Flight: New York to Paris

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Particulars for French Cable Station Museum:
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Communications
Historic Use Communications facility
Area of Significance Engineering
Criteria Exemplar



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 72000121
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: No style listed
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Engineering, Communications
Applicable Criteria: Event
Period of Significance: 1950-1974, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1925-1949
Significant Year: 1891, 1959
Historic Function: Industry, processing, extraction
Historic Sub-Function: Communications facility
Current Function: Recreation and Culture
Current Sub-Function: Museum

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