United States (U.S.) Wireless Telegraph Station, Nome, AK (1904)

Structure Type: built works - infrastructure

Designers: Ryan, Henderson, Architect (firm); Henderson Ryan (architect/building contractor)

Dates: constructed 1904

click to open gallery Exterior view of the U. S. Wireless Telegraph Station and Tower, Nome, Alaska Territory, c. 1905; from the Alaska State Library Historical Collections
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Seattle architect Henderson Ryan (1856-1927) designed buildings at the U. S. Wireless Telegraph Station, Nome, Alaska Territory, in 1904; this was the first wireless telegraph station in the United States to transmit signals over 100 miles.

PCAD id: 18317

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