Museums · South West England
Museum of Global Communications
Museum of Global Communications — museum in Corwall, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Museum of Global Communications is a museum in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1998. Named after Porthcurno. Award received: Green Awards. Address: TR19 6JX. Wikidata describes it as: "museum in Corwall, United Kingdom". Coordinates: 50.0430°, -5.6540°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cornwall
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
PK Porthcurno is a museum located in the small coastal village of Porthcurno Cornwall, UK. Porthcurno was the point at which many submarine telegraph cables—transatlantic and to other locations—came ashore. The first cables were direct current impulse transmitters. The first cables with transistor amplifiers were laid in the 1950s. The museum, which opened in May 1998, is housed in the former telegraph facility.
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Background
History
In June 1870, the Falmouth, Gibraltar & Malta Telegraph Company of John Pender (which had been established in July 1869, with capital of £660,000 (in 1870s money)) landed the final section of the first Great Britain-India submarine cable in Porthcurno. The cable section between Carcavelos and Porthcurno was laid by the Hibernia, with the shore-end being laid by the Anchor Line ship Investigator. On 23 June, the first message was sent from Bombay to Pender's house on Arlington Street, London, where he was holding a party attended by the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII. It was received using the siphon recorder of Sir William Thomson. Often in early days, these young men were badly…
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- Coordinates
- 50.0430, -5.6540
- District
- Cornwall
- Parish
- St. Levan
- Postcode
- TR19 6JX
- Parliamentary constituency
- St Ives
- Established
- 1998
- Official site
- pkporthcurno.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q7231754 (CC0)
- wikipedia: PK Porthcurno (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Porthcurno Telegraph Museum - geograph.org.uk - 318557.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Museum of Global Communications?
- Museum of Global Communications is in South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode TR19 6JX), in the parish of St. Levan.
- When was Museum of Global Communications built?
- Built or established in 1998.
- Is Museum of Global Communications a protected site?
- Yes — Museum of Global Communications is part of the Cornwall National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Museum of Global Communications?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode TR19 6JX. It sits within the St Ives parliamentary constituency.