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Rough and stormy seas with text overlay “Amazing rescues in the early days of emergency communications.”

5 Amazing Rescues: How the Wireless Telegraph Revolutionized Early Emergency Communications

Posted on November 28, 2024November 28, 2024 by Eric Hendrickson

Revolutionizing Emergency Communications The invention of Guglielmo Marconi’s wireless telegraph in the late 19th century ushered in a new era of communication. Before Marconi’s breakthrough, sending messages required physical wires or reliance on slower methods like semaphore, carrier pigeons, or written correspondence carried on horseback. Marconi’s invention fundamentally changing how…

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