St Albans Radio Station, Smallford
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St Albans Radio Station, Smallford
Image: © Stan Ames Taken: 24 Jul 2008
St Albans Radio Station was a point to point radio link run by the Post Office. It was opened in 1926 and closed in the 1960s. It was subsequently used as a GPO/BT testing ground and at the time this picture was taken (July 08) was almost derelict and awaiting redevelopment. It was used secretly in WW2 as a listening station feeding coded messages to Bletchley Park for decryption. It was the first station to intercept German radio teleprinter transmissions which were used for their most secret messages, but using the Colossus computer they were decrypted at Bletchley and were a major influence on the outcome of the war.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.759884
Longitude
-0.273273