Marconi at Twin Lights

Marconi at Twin Lights (HMEYE)

Location: Highlands, NJ 07732 Monmouth County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 23.795', W 73° 59.155'

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Messages from the first practical demonstration of wireless telegraph were sent from this site on September 30, 1899 by famous Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi.

Marconi had been invited to America by Gordon Bennett Jr., the owner of the New York Herald Newspaper, to report on the America's Cup sailboat race using his wireless telegraph. An antenna mast was erected on top of the north Twin Lights tower.

The America's Cup race was, however, preempted by a naval review organized by President [Theodore] Roosevelt, to celebrate the victory of Commodore George Dewey's fleet at the Battle of Manila Bay. Marconi's first wireless transmissions in America were sent to report on the progress of Commodore Dewey's fleet.

On October 3, the same wireless apparatus was used to receive reports on the America's Cup race between Shamrock and the Columbia, which took place in the ocean just off the tip of Sandy Hook.

Marconi maintained a wireless station at Twin Lights for a short period of time before deciding that other locations along the United States coastline would provide better reception for his wireless equipment.
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Placed ByNJ Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Parks & Forestry
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Date Added Saturday, October 11th, 2014 at 7:56am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 586059 N 4472269
Decimal Degrees40.39658333, -73.98591667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 23.795', W 73° 59.155'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 23' 47.70" N, 73° 59' 9.30" W
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Area Code(s)732
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 436-494 Light House Rd, Highlands NJ 07732, US
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