Fire alarm telegraph station
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Fire alarm telegraph station
Image: © don cload Taken: 10 Apr 2010
Found on the walls of Eton College. The inscription at the bottom reads The Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Company, New York. The first fire alarm telegraph system was installed in Boston, USA in 1852.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.492155
Longitude
-0.609245