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HI Rick, THANKS for KEEPING me "in the loop" !!!
MOST INTERESTING HISTORY !!!!
BTW, have a fellow here in PA. (93 yrs YOUNG) who
has a PERSONAL collection of ANTIQUE RADIOS,
some "ONE of a KIND", collected over a lifetime !!!
He has an EXACT REPLICA set-up of the TITANIC's
RADIO ROOM with some of its EXACT-type
equipment that was used. MOST INTERESTING !!!!
He (STILL) lives near LANCASTER, PA. Visitors
MOST welcome !!!!
Further info: Contact me thru this (email) address
or 570-325-4414. I visit him about once a year.
Happy New Year !!!
Sincerely, Bob Marzen
K3PWR USCG 1965-69 RM1
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TO ALL: I'm willing to bet a lot of this historical information can be illustrated on a display by photos available from GoogleImages.com and perhaps by video content on YouTube.com. RICK.
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All,
I found the following document on the web in 1997. It would make an interesting item to use in developing our display.
Best wishes of the season, Miles
The Guglielmo Marconi Story
Some History of Marconi in New Jersey
The New Jersey area is rich in the history and the pioneering work of radio
communications. Early radio can be said to have been developed, refined, and
manufactured in this area. Pioneers such as Bell, Edison, Tesla, Marconi,
Fessenden, De Forest, Armstrong, Sarnoff, and a host of others worked and lived
in the area. Of particular interest is Guglielmo Marconi. He experimented and
manufactured early transoceanic and ship-to-shore equipment in the New Jersey
area. Many of the Marconi Chapter 138 members were directly impacted by Marconi,
and some participated in his early work. It was felt that Marconi most closely
represented the QCWA chapter membership and it would be a fitting tribute to
name the chapter after him.
1. Twin Lights at Highlands, NJ, USA (1899-1907)
On the 21st of September 1899, Marconi arrived in New York. He arrived to a wild
reception and was obligated to answer hundreds of questions from the reporters
who crowded the quayway to meet him and who waited for him at his hotel. The
directors of the New York Herald hoped that commissioning Marconi’s services
would generate great public excitement for the upcoming America’s Cup race. With
scientific interest in wireless, and curiosity about Marconi to add to the
sporting enthusiasm, the Herald hoped for first-class publicity. But, the event
was upstaged by the triumphant return home from the Philippines of Admiral
Dewey, the victor of Manila, who was to be given a hero’s welcome by New York
after his successes in the war against Spain. The yacht races were postponed so
that they would not interfere with the patriotic demonstrations, and the Herald
made an attempt to get Marconi into the Dewey limelight. Marconi hurriedly
fitted his wireless to the flagship Olympia so that he could report the event.
The Herald provided stations for Marconi’s apparatus in the Navesink Highlands
on the New Jersey coast overlooking the New York harbor; the top of a tall
building on 34th Street, New York; and to the cable ship, Mackay Bennett, moored
over the New York transatlantic cable which it picked up to provide immediate
communications to London and Paris. The Herald also chartered two other
steamship to cover all the events with Marconi’s system. Marconi was on board
one of the steamers, the Ponce, along with other US Naval officials who acted as
observers of wireless. The ‘experiments’ were very successful. The Herald
printed a most enthusiastic two column report to the world that Marconi had
passed the stage of uncertainty, that wireless was adopted for use at sea, and
that its value could not be too highly estimated.
At the Twin Lights site, Highlands, New Jersey, Marconi erected antenna towers
to demonstrate the practicality of the transmission of information via
"Hertzian" waves. At the invitation of the editor of the New York Herald
newspaper, the 25 year old Marconi set up a transmitter in a boat to follow the
America's Cup race between the Shamrock of Sir Thomas Lipton and the Columbia II
of JP Morgan outside of New York Harbor.
On September 30, 1899, and just prior to the race, Commodore Dewey's fleet was
approaching New York Harbor, and the approach of the fleet and Dewey's victory
in the Pacific in the Spanish-American war was relayed by radio from Marconi's
boat to the Highlands station, and thence to New York and the newspapers. The
race was postponed and a naval review and parade was organized to welcome Dewey.
Thus, this became the first reception in America of wireless messages.
By mid-October, the celebrations for Dewey were over, and on October 3 the races
began. On October 16, the US yacht Columbia owned by J.P. Morgan gained the
required 3 out of 5 decision over the yacht Shamrock owned by Sir Thomas Lipton.
The five-hour races lasted for 13 days and were pursued to the end, with the
Columbia winning, and all the progress and conclusion of the race reported by
Marconi's station. The results were immediately printed in the New York Herald
and posted in storefront windows in New York City. Some 5000 words in all were
transmitted.
"The Twin Lights station became the first one in the nation capable of
transmitting and receiving radio messages on a regular commercial basis and
remained in use until 1907. These practical demonstrations resulted in the
recognition of the value of radio and 'Marconi’s' were required on all
commercial ships. This in turn accounted for the rescue of the 705 survivors of
Titanic when it sank in the North Atlantic."
[Adapted from exhibit material at the Twin Lights museum]
2. Shark River in Wall Township, NJ, USA (1914-1924)
In 1914 Marconi established a branch of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company
of America in Wall Township. The Wall Township site adjoins the Shark River, a
tributary to the Atlantic ocean that is approximately 2 miles to the Jersey
coast and 5 miles north of the Manasquan Inlet. On this site the Marconi company
built a development laboratory, dormitories, two resident houses, and other
facilities. These facilities are listed on the New Jersey Historic Register and
some are still in use by the Army.
The Company served as a commercial radio station for transatlantic
communications. Along the banks of the Shark River, Marconi erected a number of
high towers, approximately 200 feet high, to “string up” a long bronze wire
antenna about one mile long. This site was used for reception of the Morse code
transatlantic signals. In 1906 Guglielmo Marconi used this station for the first
to reliable transmission and reception of commercial transoceanic messages. The
Shark River site served as the receiving location and the transmitting studio,
although the transmission power station and antenna were remotely located in the
New Brunswick, NJ area. The top of one of his towers stands near the Shark River
as a memorial. On this site the memorial states:
"Marconi American Wireless Company, 1913-1924, W1GM, First Commercial
Transatlantic Communications Installation".
3. New Brunswick , NJ, USA ( -1919)
Forty miles inland in Franklin Township, at what is now referred to as the New
Brunswick Station, the transmitting station was built. Morse code telegraphy and
control to the transmitting station was remoted from Shark River over telephone
lines to the transmitter. Here, Marconi constructed a one mile long antenna made
of bronze cable and suspended 400 feet above the ground on 13 towers along the
Delaware and Raritan Canal. This antenna was used with a 15 kilowatt high power
spark transmitting station. President Woodrow Wilson’s appeal for the overthrow
or abdication of the Kaiser was relayed to Germany and the rest of the Europe
from New Brunswick. In 1919 the ‘Radio Corporation of America (RCA)’ was awarded
the assets of the British-owned Marconi Company and in 1920 the New Brunswick
station became one of RCA’s principal transoceanic stations. A Marconi memorial
stands on the site of his former residence in the area. Two cottages remain
standing which housed a team of Marconi’s employees on Easton Avenue.
4. Marconi Park Complex, Wall Township, NJ (1914 - 1997)
In 1914, Marconi established a branch of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company
of America in Wall Township, NJ, USA. The Wall Township site adjoins the Shark
River and is approximately 2 miles for the Jersey coast. On this site, the
Marconi company built a development laboratory, dormitories and two resident
houses. These facilities are listed on the New Jersey Historic Register and are
still use by the Army. The Company served as a commercial radio station for
transatlantic communications. Along the banks of the Shark River, Marconi
erected a number of high towers (200 to 400 feet high) to “string up” a long
bronze wire antenna about one mile long. This site was used for reception of the
Morse code transatlantic signals. The top of one of his towers near the Shark
River stand as a memorial. On this site the memorial states "Marconi American
Wireless Company, 1913-1924, W1GM, First Commercial Transatlantic Communications
Installation".
In 1941 the Marconi site was sold to the US Army Signal Corps at Fort Monmouth,
NJ. The site was named after Colonel Paul Wesley Evans, Commander of the 101st
Field Signal Battalion in W.W.I. Colonel Evans worked with Marconi on the
development of radio transmitters and receivers. The Evans Area covers an area
of 258 acres. The Marconi buildings are being preserved, and plans call for a
park with walking and nature trails, college campus, recreation areas and a
museum. The first part of the complex will be turned over this summer with the
remaining about one year later.
4/7/97
I found the following document on the web in 1997. It would make an interesting item to use in developing our display.
Best wishes of the season, Miles
The Guglielmo Marconi Story
Some History of Marconi in New Jersey
The New Jersey area is rich in the history and the pioneering work of radio
communications. Early radio can be said to have been developed, refined, and
manufactured in this area. Pioneers such as Bell, Edison, Tesla, Marconi,
Fessenden, De Forest, Armstrong, Sarnoff, and a host of others worked and lived
in the area. Of particular interest is Guglielmo Marconi. He experimented and
manufactured early transoceanic and ship-to-shore equipment in the New Jersey
area. Many of the Marconi Chapter 138 members were directly impacted by Marconi,
and some participated in his early work. It was felt that Marconi most closely
represented the QCWA chapter membership and it would be a fitting tribute to
name the chapter after him.
1. Twin Lights at Highlands, NJ, USA (1899-1907)
On the 21st of September 1899, Marconi arrived in New York. He arrived to a wild
reception and was obligated to answer hundreds of questions from the reporters
who crowded the quayway to meet him and who waited for him at his hotel. The
directors of the New York Herald hoped that commissioning Marconi’s services
would generate great public excitement for the upcoming America’s Cup race. With
scientific interest in wireless, and curiosity about Marconi to add to the
sporting enthusiasm, the Herald hoped for first-class publicity. But, the event
was upstaged by the triumphant return home from the Philippines of Admiral
Dewey, the victor of Manila, who was to be given a hero’s welcome by New York
after his successes in the war against Spain. The yacht races were postponed so
that they would not interfere with the patriotic demonstrations, and the Herald
made an attempt to get Marconi into the Dewey limelight. Marconi hurriedly
fitted his wireless to the flagship Olympia so that he could report the event.
The Herald provided stations for Marconi’s apparatus in the Navesink Highlands
on the New Jersey coast overlooking the New York harbor; the top of a tall
building on 34th Street, New York; and to the cable ship, Mackay Bennett, moored
over the New York transatlantic cable which it picked up to provide immediate
communications to London and Paris. The Herald also chartered two other
steamship to cover all the events with Marconi’s system. Marconi was on board
one of the steamers, the Ponce, along with other US Naval officials who acted as
observers of wireless. The ‘experiments’ were very successful. The Herald
printed a most enthusiastic two column report to the world that Marconi had
passed the stage of uncertainty, that wireless was adopted for use at sea, and
that its value could not be too highly estimated.
At the Twin Lights site, Highlands, New Jersey, Marconi erected antenna towers
to demonstrate the practicality of the transmission of information via
"Hertzian" waves. At the invitation of the editor of the New York Herald
newspaper, the 25 year old Marconi set up a transmitter in a boat to follow the
America's Cup race between the Shamrock of Sir Thomas Lipton and the Columbia II
of JP Morgan outside of New York Harbor.
On September 30, 1899, and just prior to the race, Commodore Dewey's fleet was
approaching New York Harbor, and the approach of the fleet and Dewey's victory
in the Pacific in the Spanish-American war was relayed by radio from Marconi's
boat to the Highlands station, and thence to New York and the newspapers. The
race was postponed and a naval review and parade was organized to welcome Dewey.
Thus, this became the first reception in America of wireless messages.
By mid-October, the celebrations for Dewey were over, and on October 3 the races
began. On October 16, the US yacht Columbia owned by J.P. Morgan gained the
required 3 out of 5 decision over the yacht Shamrock owned by Sir Thomas Lipton.
The five-hour races lasted for 13 days and were pursued to the end, with the
Columbia winning, and all the progress and conclusion of the race reported by
Marconi's station. The results were immediately printed in the New York Herald
and posted in storefront windows in New York City. Some 5000 words in all were
transmitted.
"The Twin Lights station became the first one in the nation capable of
transmitting and receiving radio messages on a regular commercial basis and
remained in use until 1907. These practical demonstrations resulted in the
recognition of the value of radio and 'Marconi’s' were required on all
commercial ships. This in turn accounted for the rescue of the 705 survivors of
Titanic when it sank in the North Atlantic."
[Adapted from exhibit material at the Twin Lights museum]
2. Shark River in Wall Township, NJ, USA (1914-1924)
In 1914 Marconi established a branch of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company
of America in Wall Township. The Wall Township site adjoins the Shark River, a
tributary to the Atlantic ocean that is approximately 2 miles to the Jersey
coast and 5 miles north of the Manasquan Inlet. On this site the Marconi company
built a development laboratory, dormitories, two resident houses, and other
facilities. These facilities are listed on the New Jersey Historic Register and
some are still in use by the Army.
The Company served as a commercial radio station for transatlantic
communications. Along the banks of the Shark River, Marconi erected a number of
high towers, approximately 200 feet high, to “string up” a long bronze wire
antenna about one mile long. This site was used for reception of the Morse code
transatlantic signals. In 1906 Guglielmo Marconi used this station for the first
to reliable transmission and reception of commercial transoceanic messages. The
Shark River site served as the receiving location and the transmitting studio,
although the transmission power station and antenna were remotely located in the
New Brunswick, NJ area. The top of one of his towers stands near the Shark River
as a memorial. On this site the memorial states:
"Marconi American Wireless Company, 1913-1924, W1GM, First Commercial
Transatlantic Communications Installation".
3. New Brunswick , NJ, USA ( -1919)
Forty miles inland in Franklin Township, at what is now referred to as the New
Brunswick Station, the transmitting station was built. Morse code telegraphy and
control to the transmitting station was remoted from Shark River over telephone
lines to the transmitter. Here, Marconi constructed a one mile long antenna made
of bronze cable and suspended 400 feet above the ground on 13 towers along the
Delaware and Raritan Canal. This antenna was used with a 15 kilowatt high power
spark transmitting station. President Woodrow Wilson’s appeal for the overthrow
or abdication of the Kaiser was relayed to Germany and the rest of the Europe
from New Brunswick. In 1919 the ‘Radio Corporation of America (RCA)’ was awarded
the assets of the British-owned Marconi Company and in 1920 the New Brunswick
station became one of RCA’s principal transoceanic stations. A Marconi memorial
stands on the site of his former residence in the area. Two cottages remain
standing which housed a team of Marconi’s employees on Easton Avenue.
4. Marconi Park Complex, Wall Township, NJ (1914 - 1997)
In 1914, Marconi established a branch of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company
of America in Wall Township, NJ, USA. The Wall Township site adjoins the Shark
River and is approximately 2 miles for the Jersey coast. On this site, the
Marconi company built a development laboratory, dormitories and two resident
houses. These facilities are listed on the New Jersey Historic Register and are
still use by the Army. The Company served as a commercial radio station for
transatlantic communications. Along the banks of the Shark River, Marconi
erected a number of high towers (200 to 400 feet high) to “string up” a long
bronze wire antenna about one mile long. This site was used for reception of the
Morse code transatlantic signals. The top of one of his towers near the Shark
River stand as a memorial. On this site the memorial states "Marconi American
Wireless Company, 1913-1924, W1GM, First Commercial Transatlantic Communications
Installation".
In 1941 the Marconi site was sold to the US Army Signal Corps at Fort Monmouth,
NJ. The site was named after Colonel Paul Wesley Evans, Commander of the 101st
Field Signal Battalion in W.W.I. Colonel Evans worked with Marconi on the
development of radio transmitters and receivers. The Evans Area covers an area
of 258 acres. The Marconi buildings are being preserved, and plans call for a
park with walking and nature trails, college campus, recreation areas and a
museum. The first part of the complex will be turned over this summer with the
remaining about one year later.
4/7/97
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