French Cable Station Museum - Orleans Museum
- Address: 41 S. Orleans Rd., East Orleans, MA
- Phone: +1 508 240 1735
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French Cable Station Museum
41 S. Orleans Rd.East Orleans, MA
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- This ordinary-looking house was, from 1890 to 1940, a nexus of intercontinental communications. Connected to France via a huge cable laid across the ocean floor, local operators bore the responsibility of relaying stock-market data, keeping tabs on World War I troops, and receiving the joyous new... more on Frommers
- The 1890 French Cable Station Museum was the stateside landing point for the 3,000-mi-long transatlantic cable that originated in Brittany. Another cable laid between Orleans and New York City completed the France-New York link, and many important messages were communicated through the station. D... more on Fodor's
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