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Morristown The Factory at Speedwell

The most important building at Speedwell is the Factory where Alfred Vail and Samuel F. B. Morse perfected and demonstrated the electro-magnetic telegraph in 1837-1838. Because of the significance of this event, the National Park Service designated the Factory a National Historic Landmark in 1975.

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Uploaded on August 13, 2011
Taken on May 30, 2010