Plaque

Marconi - EC1

Inscription

From this site Guglielmo Marconi made the first public transmission of wireless signals on 27 July 1896.

Site: Marconi - EC1 (1 memorial)

EC1, Newgate Street

2019: The FT reported that BT have announced their plan to sell this site. The building only dates from 1984 but BT (GPO) have been on the site for over a century.

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Marconi - EC1

Subjects commemorated i

Guglielmo Marconi

Born Bologna. Arrived in London, with his mother, in 1896 to patent his metho...

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