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The Heart's Content cable station

The North American end of the successful transatlantic telegraph, in a sheltered inlet on the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland.

47.9, -53.4 · approximate · 1866 – 1965

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  • instance of The cable landing stationHeart's Content is the North American counterpart station of the same era and the same function.

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