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Sending an S.O.S at Pearson International Airport
As part of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA)Exhibit Program, the Canada Science and
Technology Museum (CSTM), in collaboration with the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), presents Morse
Code from May 6, 2006 to January 7, 2007. Anyone passing through Pearson International Airport’s
Malton Gallery(Terminal 1) can experience the history and essence of electrical communication in its
first century and learn how for decades, skilled Morse operators maintained lifelines to tiny railway whistle
stops, isolated arctic trading posts and ships navigating the stormy North Atlantic. Approximately 40
unique and fascinating artifacts selected from the CSTM’s collections will demonstrate how manual and
automated systems for transmitting Morse code became essential in making land, marine and air
transportation systems safe and reliable. Even today, Morse survives in the three-letter code used to
identify airports around the world. Visitors can view some of the earliest telegraph equipment surviving
in Canada, including little known devices such as the siphon recorder and the heliograph, as well as rare
examples of early radiotelegraph equipment employed on ships before the First World War. The artifacts
are accompanied with bilingual text and historic photographs of telegraphers and radio operators at work,
bringing to life the mysterious language of dots and dashes.
"What hath God wrought" was the first message sent in Morse code via the
electric telegraph on May 24, 1844 by Samuel Finley Breese Morse. Although not
the inventor of the telegraph, which
was first built in 1774, Morse is credited with greatly improving the telegraph.
Early machines were primitive and impractical, using 26 separate wires, each
representing one letter of the alphabet. Morse was the first to create a
one-wire system, in 1837. However, the ticker-tape like readings produced by the
machine were often inaccurate, pressing Morse to create a better code. Finally
he developed the system of dots and dashes, later used throughout the world as a
primary means of communication.
Background:
Launched in April 2004, the GTAA Exhibition Program offers a wide range of
engaging exhibits, showcasing Canadian art and culture from museums, galleries,
institutions and private collections in Ontario and Canada. Aiming to promote
Canada’s reputation as an important international cultural destination, GTAA
creates an enhanced environment for the over 28 million visitors passing through
Toronto Pearson Airport annually. Produced and designed by the ROM, the program
features stories of human history and culture.
Visit www.rom.on.ca/news/releases/ or
www.gtaa.com/artprogram for more details.
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