World Wide Web's Roots MORRISTOWN
Visit the Birthplace of the Commercial Telegraph: a ROOT of the INTERNET.
The telegraph The Village at Speedwell <=
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A huge story, but very interesting !
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Read about the SS Savannah !
It was born in Morristown, NJ.
Ben Franklin with his experiments with electricity - may claim partial credit, too!James Watt's steam engine and Michael Faraday's work on electricity and magnetism - helped, too.
Also, we should salute Tim Berners-Lee, the Gutenberg of the World Wide Web, and the director of the WWW Consortium. He wrote "Enquire" at CREN in Geneva, Switzerland to help keep track of webs of "people relationships."
The dot-dash (CLICK ==>) VAIL-Morse code was conceived here.
Click-Visit the home of :
Samuel F.B. Morse's " Locust Grove " at 370 South Road (Route 9) Poughkeepsie, NY (914) 454-4500 - May 1 - Nov 24 - 10am-4pm
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