Speedwell, New Jersey
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Alfred Vail of Speedwell received a one half share of the telegraph patents held by Samuel F. B. MorseSamuel F. B. Morse
Samuel Finley Breese Morse was an American contributor to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs, co-inventor of the Morse code, and an accomplished painter.-Birth and education:...
on September 23, 1837 in exchange for Vail providing a working model from his Speedwell Ironworks
Speedwell Ironworks
Speedwell Ironworks was an ironworks in Speedwell, New Jersey, USA, just north of Morristown, New Jersey. It is on Speedwell Avenue, part of U.S. Route 202...
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