Nerdy Day Trips

Canso Cable Station

Location: Canso, NS, Canada, B0H 1H0

Posted by: Lynn on 13th February 2012 at 6:13 pm

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Morse code relay station manned (yes the only people allowed to do it were men, and Brits at that) to boost transatlantic signal. There is a whole prefab town there. They sent flat roofed houses thinking there would be no snow?! Pointy roofs were added later. Of course the whole thing was obsolete in a flash or a ...---... The more things change the more they stay the same as call centers come and go taking the money and the jobs elsewhere.

Lynn said:
For a look at the old station building go to Http://colincampbellphotoart.ca/gallery/index.php/Galleries/Recent-Photos/Cape_Breton/CC_20110823_001


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