Development of the Telegraph

By Dylan Medenwald
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    Creating the Electric Telegraph

    Samuel F.B. Morse and Alfred Vail started creating the new telegraph.

  • Creation of the Telegraph

    Creation of the Telegraph
    Samuel and Alfred created the first working telegraph that used dots and dashes.

  • First Sighting

    First Sighting
    Samuel and Alfred introduced and demonstrated the new electric telegraph to the public.

  • Morse Code

    Morse Code
    Samuel and Alfred created the "International Morse Code" language which was to make communication of the electrical telegraph easier

  • Government plan

    The U.S. government asked Samuel to build a telegraph line from Washington D.C. to Baltimore, Maryland.

  • Pay Check

    Pay Check
    The U.S. government paid Samuel $30,000 to make the cable and that would be worth $549,177.49 today with inflation rates.

  • First Message

    First Message
    The first successful message sent through the telegraph, Washington D.C. to Baltimore, was through Morse Code and it stated, "What hath God Wrought."

  • Transatlantic communication

    In 1854 the transatlantic cable project started and was completed in 1858 and the cable traveled from New York to London.