1846
First Telegraph Company Established in Canada
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Telegram Building (1900-1963); Interior, Telegraph Room
The Toronto, Hamilton, Niagara and St. Catharines Telegraph Company was established as the first telegraph company in Canada. Its first section from Toronto to Hamilton opened on December 19, 1846. The telegraph profoundly altered nineteenth-century communications.
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Black and white photograph
TPL.04
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