French Cable Station
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French Cable Station is a historic station on the southeast corner of Cove Rd. and MA 28 in Orleans, Massachusetts
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It was built in 1891 by the French Cable Company, which was installing numerous cables in Cape Cod throughout the late-19th Century. By 1898 the station was the terminus of a 3200 mile trans-atlantic telegraph cable called "Le Direct." When France surrendered to Nazi Germany
in 1940, it was taken over by the federal government for security reasons, but wasn't returned to the company until 1952. The company resumed operations until 1959. After being purchased by 10 prominent Orleans citizens in 1972, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places
the same year.
Orleans, Massachusetts
Orleans is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. Barnstable County is coextensive with Cape Cod. The population was 5,890 at the 2010 census....
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It was built in 1891 by the French Cable Company, which was installing numerous cables in Cape Cod throughout the late-19th Century. By 1898 the station was the terminus of a 3200 mile trans-atlantic telegraph cable called "Le Direct." When France surrendered to Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
in 1940, it was taken over by the federal government for security reasons, but wasn't returned to the company until 1952. The company resumed operations until 1959. After being purchased by 10 prominent Orleans citizens in 1972, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
the same year.