Russian–American Telegraph
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russian-american-telegraph-178-18596081
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Russian–American Telegraph
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The Russian–American Telegraph, also known as the Western Union Telegraph Expedition and the Collins Overland Telegraph, was an attempt by the Western Union Telegraph Company from 1865 to 1867 to lay a telegraph line from San Francisco, California, to Moscow, Russia. The route of the $3,000,000 undertaking was intended to travel from California via Oregon, Washington Territory, the Colony of British Columbia and Russian America, under the Bering Sea and cross the broad breadth of the Eurasian Co
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian%E2%80%93American_Telegraph
date created:
2005-11-20T02:24:50Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T21:13:03Z
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