The French Cable Station is a historic telegraph station on the southeast corner of Cove Road and MA 28 in Orleans, Massachusetts .
4-527: It was built in 1891 by the French Cable Company , which was installing numerous cables in Cape Cod throughout the late 19th century. By 1898 the station was the terminus of a 3,200-mile-long (5,100 km) trans-Atlantic telegraph cable called "Le Direct." When France surrendered to Nazi Germany in 1940, it was taken over by the federal government for security reasons, but wasn't returned to
8-469: Is listed on the National Register of Historic Places , is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Massachusetts museum–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Compagnie fran%C3%A7aise du t%C3%A9l%C3%A9graphe de Paris %C3%A0 New-York Compagnie française du télégraphe de Paris à New-York (French Telegraph Company from Paris to New York)
12-622: The company until 1952. The company resumed operations until 1959. After being purchased by ten prominent Orleans citizens in 1972, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places the same year. The building now serves as the French Cable Station Museum , featuring displays of Atlantic undersea telegraphic cables, instruments, maps, and memorabilia. This article is about a historic property or district in Barnstable County , Massachusetts , that
16-931: Was a telegraph company founded in 1879 by Augustin Pouyer-Quertier , at the request of the French government. The previous company, the French Atlantic Cable Company , had laid a cable in 1869, but had effectively merged with the Anglo-American Telegraph Company in 1873. The French government, wishing a communication line entirely under the control of French entities, commissioned the founding of this company. The company operated until 1895 when due to bankruptcy it became part of Société française des télégraphes sous-marins operating submarine cable systems worldwide. This article related to telecommunications
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