Keywords: Telegraph office
Item 26668
Telegraph Block, Thomaston, ca. 1870
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Thomaston; Thomaston Media: Photographic print
Item 26395
Telegraph Block, Stereoptic View, Thomaston, ca. 1865
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Location: Thomaston Media: Stereograph
Exhibit
Lt. Charles Bridges: Getting Ahead in the Army
Sgt. Charles Bridges of Co. B of the 2nd Maine Infantry was close to the end of his two years' enlistment in early 1863 when he took advantage of an opportunity for advancement by seeking and getting a commission as an officer in the 3rd Regiment U.S. Volunteers.
Exhibit
The small town of Andover landed on the international map in 1962 when the Earth Station that had been built there successfully communicated with Telstar, the first telecommunications satellite.
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones
"The most common place to find a telegraph in Lincoln was at the railroad station. Telephone operator's building, Lincoln, ca."
Site Page
"… bills without the mail? Before the 1850s when the telegraph came to Lincoln, they would have had to walk to the place they wanted to go and do…"
