Massie Wireless Station

Massie Wireless Station
Location East Greenwich, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°37′26.78″N 71°30′45.43″W / 41.6241056°N 71.5126194°W / 41.6241056; -71.5126194Coordinates: 41°37′26.78″N 71°30′45.43″W / 41.6241056°N 71.5126194°W / 41.6241056; -71.5126194
Built 1907
NRHP Reference # 01001157 [1]
Added to NRHP October 22, 2001

The Massie Wireless Station was built in Point Judith, Rhode Island, in 1907 and is the oldest surviving working wireless station in the world. It is now part of the New England Wireless and Steam Museum.

The Massie Wireless Station provided communications to steamboats that traveled between New York City and New England cities. In 1983 the wireless station was moved to the New England Wireless and Steam Museum at 1300 Frenchtown Road in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, to avoid demolition.[2] The wireless station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ http://www.newsm.org/ (May 18, 2010)


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