Uploaded September 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Telegraph was the original killer app for electricity, and set the stage for a communications revolution. In this AWA Shares presentation Antique Wireless Museum Telegraph Historian Chris Hausler explores the early history of telegraph, both the technology it used and the cultural changes it brought about.
To learn more about telegraph during the U.S. Civil War, read David and Julia Bart's article in the 2016 AWA Review: antiquewireless.org/wp-content/uploads/Vol.-29.pdf
Help keep communications history alive by becoming a member of the Antique Wireless Association at: antiquewireless.org/homepage/membership
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Telegraph was the original killer app for electricity, and set the stage for a communications revolution. In this AWA Shares presentation Antique Wireless Museum Telegraph Historian Chris Hausler explores the early history of telegraph, both the technology it used and the cultural changes it brought about.
To learn more about telegraph during the U.S. Civil War, read David and Julia Bart's article in the 2016 AWA Review: antiquewireless.org/wp-content/uploads/Vol.-29.pdf
Help keep communications history alive by becoming a member of the Antique Wireless Association at: antiquewireless.org/homepage/membership
Subscribe to the Antique Wireless Museum channel and you'll receive news of our latest video uploads.
