Grenadiers Redoubt / Marconi Trans-Atlantic Wireless Receiving Station Silver gelatin photo-composite Image dimension: 24-15/16 x 5-15/16 inches (635 x 150 mm) Frame dimension: 30-3/4 x 12-13/16 inches (780 x 325 mm) Edition of one (1). Signed & numbered 1/1. Printed: March 2008 For sale: Cd $400. Framed / ready to hang Image dimension: 39 x 9-1/2 inches (990 x 240 mm) Frame dimension: 47 x 18-1/4 inches (1195 x 465 mm) Edition of three (3). Signed & numbered 1/3. Printed: February 2008 For sale: Cnd $650. Framed / ready to hang "The main receiving aerial wire at Louisbourg was about one kilometer long and was supported by six tubular steel towers that were about 100 metres (330 feet) high. It was oriented in a roughly east-west direction, with the aerial wire extending westward." ... "The aerial towers dominated the landscape and informed the viewer that this was a major radio station. ... The largest building was the three-storey "hotel," which had such amenities as a tennis court on the front lawn and a billiard room. The main operations building, the "receiver house," was a simple, one storey structure about 24 metres long (approx. 79 feet). ... This was a twenty-four hour operation, and there were three shifts a day of engineers, wireless operators, and landline operators." ... "During World War I (1914-1918), the station was considered to be an important military target, and was guarded by the 94th Highlanders. Presumably the authorities feared sabotage or a commando attack from the sea. The staff of twenty-five now included censors. An album of photographs of the station contains the note that the censor ordered the negatives to be destroyed." ... "The closing of the Louisbourg station was hastened by a fire that destroyed the receiver building in 1927. The residential buildings were dismantled and used for houses." --Henry M. Bradford, A Short History of the Marconi Trans-Atlantic Receiving Station at Louisbourg, 1913-1926 PREV | MAIN | NEXT