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Claude Chappe (1763-1805), French engineer and inventor, c1901.
AR923833 
Sectional view of a telegraph tower for Claude Chappe's semaphore, 1792, (c1870).
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Chappe's aerial telegraph system, Algeria, mid-19th century, (c1870).  Artist: Anon
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Claude Chappe demonstrating his optical telegraph (semaphore) system in 1793 (c1870).
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Building a Chappe telegraph station, c1793, (c1870). Artist: Anon
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Aerial Telegraph: Ancient Greek soldiers tending a signal fire, c1900 Artist: Anon
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Napoleon's troops defending a telegraph tower, c1815, (c1870).
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Aerial telegraph: ancient Roman signal towers, c1900. Artist: Anon
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Telegraph office, c1900.
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First Chappe telegraph message from St Petersburg, early 19th century, (c1870).
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Maritime Telegraph, c1900.  Artist: Anon
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Morse's first telegraph, 1837 (c1900). Artist: Sir John Gilbert
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Heliograph, c1900. Artist: Anon
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Flight of locks on the Saima Canal, Finland, c1900.
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'The Iron Horse Past and Present', c1900.
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Laying a Macadam road surface and compacting it with a steam road roller, Paris, c1900
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Mail train carrying letters to London from towns and cities in Britain, c1900.
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Sir Joseph Wilson Swan, scientist and inventor, c1900.
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Blackwall Tunnel, London, c1900.
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Claude Chappe (1763-1805), French engineer and inventor, c1900. 
Claude Chappe (1763-1805), French engineer and inventor, c1900. An artist's impression of Chappe 's aerial telegraph semaphore system in use. It was widely used particularly in France and its colonies until c1950. Liebig trade card issued c1900. 
Unique Identifier AR923838 
Type Image 
Purpose Public 
Size 5077px × 3442px 
Photo Credit HIP / Art Resource, NY 
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