America’s first international radio station

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In 1903, Marconi used the broadcast station depicted in this model to transmit a message across the Atlantic. It made history and opened a new era for broadcast communication.

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Today, this is all that’s left of the station. It’s from one of the towers—one of the towers farthest from the ocean. The rest was lost to erosion.

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Even though the visit here was kind of a yawn for the kids, it’s a tradition for me to stop by the Marconi site when I come to the Cape.