I present to you Part 2 of my three-part series of Newfoundland favorites:
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Fun Photo Friday — Newfoundland 2
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Transatlantic — Signal Hill and Cabot Tower, St. John’s
Our tour van made a rather long trek up Signal Hill overlooking St. John’s, Newfoundland, with several stops along the climb. One of these stops was at the Johnson Geo Centre, from which there were some great views of St. John’s and the Basilica of St. John the Baptist:
At the crest of Signal Hill you’ll find Cabot Tower.
And as we trekked up the hill from the parking lot, we came across this little fellow, one of two dog breeds associated with this area:
If you thought the views from the Johnson Geo Centre farther down the hill was good, take a look at this image of the Fort Amherst Lighthouse, which includes the former fort’s gun emplacements and pillboxes:
But let’s get back to that magnificent Cabot Tower. This impressive stone structure was completed in 1900, and it was built to commemorate both Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee and the 400th anniversary of John Cabot’s discovery of Newfoundland.
It is here at Cabot Tower that a momentous event occurred in 1901. Sending aloft by kite a 500-foot antenna cable, the company owned by Guglielmo Marconi purportedly managed to receive the first transatlantic radio signal. This signal originated from the Marconi Wireless Station in Poldhu, Cornwall some 2,200 miles/3,500 kilometers distant. The message was a simple Morse Coded letter ‘S’.
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Transatlantic — Petty Harbour and St. John’s, Newfoundland
Our next stop on tour our of St. John’s was the charming Petty Harbour located on Maddox Cove, which I introduced you to last Wednesday. Let’s take a quick last look at the sights here before moving onward:
As you can see, the village area along the waterfront is quite colorful:
And I’m a sucker for weathered wood buildings:
From here we would make our way toward Signal Hill, but first we made a quick photo stop at the Railway Coastal Museum:
From here it was on to Signal Hill, more of which you’ll see this Wednesday. Until then:
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