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Electric Telegraph Company


 

Electric Telegraph Company was the worlds first public telegraph company founded in the United Kingdom in 1846 by Sir William Cooke and Joseph Ricardo. C.F. Varley was chief engineer in the 1860s.

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Telegraph - United Kingdom - 1846 - William Cooke - Joseph Ricardo - C.F. Varley - 1860s

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It merged with the International Telegraph Company in 1855 to become the Electric and International Telegraph Company, but was subsequently taken over by the British General Post Office in 1868.

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International Telegraph Company - 1855 - 1868

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