How Telegraph Poles are used in the Communications Industry
Telegraph was introduced in the 1800s; it was a device invented for sending and receiving messages over long distances, hence the term telegraphy came into existence. The telegraphic message was sent along wires via the Morse code or the printing telegraph operator also known as a cablegram (better known as telegram to many of us). These codes were sent along cables or wires slung over 30 to 40 feet tall telegraphic poles. Telegrams were a popular, affordable and quick mode of communication before telephone services were invented. The telegraph poles are wooden or steel poles easily erectable and they’re laid with wire to connect the remotest of places. They were used to pass urgent messages, confirm business deals and create legal documents. Newspapers would use these wire pictures to flash news from remote places, these were also called facsimile telegraph. The AT&T Bell Labs created the tele-stereograph machine, the precursor of the facsimile machine in the 1800s.
