Map No. 2 (East - Central Section) Dominion of Canada Telegraph & Signal Service
Montreal: Dominion of Canada Department of Public Works, c. 1883. Notes: A superb large scale map of the Great Lakes area of both Canada & USA depicting telegraph and signal service in these areas.
Prepared by the Department of Public Works, Sir Hector L. Langevin.
Printed by G.E. Desbarats & Co in Montreal.
Frederic Newton Gisborne (8 March 1824 – 30 August 1892) was a British inventor and electrician.
Born in Broughton, England, he left England in 1842 for a trip around the world, finally settling in Canada in 1845. By close study he became an expert electrician, and original improvements in methods and instruments soon attracted so much attention that he was appointed superintendent of the lines of the Nova Scotia government at Halifax. He laid the first deep-sea cable in North American waters, between Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick in 1852.
In 1879, Gisborne was appointed superintendent of the Canadian government telegraph service, which position he held until his death. Among his numerous inventions were an anti-induction ocean cable, electric and pneumatic ship signals, an anticorrosive composition for the bottoms of iron ships, and an electric recording target.
, Size : 900x1230 (mm), 35.375x48.375 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Reference: NMC catalogue v. 10, p. 759., Category: Maps Wall Maps; Maps North America Great Lakes; Maps Canada Ontario; Maps United States Mid;. Very Good, laid on acid free paper for long term preservation. Item #M6045
Notes: A superb large scale map of the Great Lakes area of both Canada & USA depicting telegraph and signal service in these areas.
Prepared by the Department of Public Works, Sir Hector L. Langevin.
Printed by G.E. Desbarats & Co in Montreal, Size : 900x1230 (mm), 35.375x48.375 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Reference: NMC catalogue v. 10, p. 759., Category: Maps Wall Maps; Maps North America Great Lakes; Maps Canada Ontario; Maps United States Mid;.
Price: $2,500.00