The Italians That Built America: Guglielmo Marconi

Marconi, Signal Hill, and the First Transatlantic Wireless Communication

Before satellites, cell towers, or Wi-Fi, global communication depended on radio waves—and Long Island played a critical role. Hidden in Rocky Point are the remains of a former ship-to-ship radio station operated by the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company. From this site, radio operators communicated with ships at sea, helping shape early maritime safety and long-distance communication. Today, only remnants remain—but the history is still here if you know where to look. This is one of those place

Titanic, Marconi and the wireless telegraph Morse Code Converaation Between the Titanic Ship . The dramatic rescue of over 700 survivors from the Titanic disaster in April 1912 was made possible thanks to new wireless telegraphy equipment. More than 1500 of the 2224 passengers and crew on board were lost, but four days after the sinking, the Cunard liner Carpathia steamed into New York carrying over 700 survivors. By the time of Titanic’s maiden voyage in 1912, most passenger ships operating in

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Guglielmo Marconi

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Today in 1914, Edwin Armstrong demonstrated his radio receiver for the Marconi Wireless company. “The most remarkable receiving system in existence,” pronounced the Chief Inspector, David Sarnoff. Go back to the dawn of radio in this clip from Ken Burns's EMPIRE OF THE AIR. | UNUM Ken Burns