Cabot Tower on Signal Hill

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Cabot tower was built in the late 1800s. It's where Marconi received the first trans-Atlantic radio signal from Ireland in 1901. Apparently only this is only half of the building originally planned. The other half, a shorter, more rectangular section along side, was never built but no reason was ever published (there were, however, stories published about the lack of a reason). The masts above are for flags which let the town below know what ships where coming in; now they just sing in the wind (which is always there).

Date / Time:

2002:09:01 11:42:37

Location:

47 34 14 N / 52 40 55 W / 357 ft (2006 map estimate)

Camera Make: SONY

Camera Model: CYBERSHOT

Focal Length: 9.3mm

Exposure Time: 0.0020 s (1/500)

Aperture: f/8.0

Copyright 2002, Mark Plummer