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Posts tagged with Alfred Vail

The Pony Express rides no more

Posted by: | September 15, 2011 | No Comment |

One of the most influential technological advances of the mid to late 19th century was the telegraph. The telegraph had the ability to drastically cut the travel time for news and other information. Samuel F.B. Morse, the inventor of Morse code, along with his assistant, Alfred Vail, created the first electrical telegraph. After several successful […]

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