Template:Did you know nominations/Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph

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The result was: promoted by Carabinieri (talk) 19:59, 21 February 2013 (UTC).

Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph

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• ... that the Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph (pictured), the first electric telegraph to be put into commercial service, was initially rejected in favour of a pneumatic system with whistles?

• Reviewed: reviewed 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division.

5x expanded by Spinningspark (talk). Self nom at 23:52, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

• Offline sources AGF, image is good and expansion is way over 5x. Very detailed article. Chamal ^T•C 10:59, 21 February 2013 (UTC)