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Marconi's First Radio Transmissions Across Water

1897 1947 NEAR THIS SPOT THE FIRST RADIO MESSAGES WERE EXCHANGED ACROSS WATER BY GUGLIELMO MARCONI AND GEORGE KEMP BETWEEN LAVERNOCK AND FLAT HOLM 11th MAY, LAVERNOCK AND BREAN DOWN 18th MAY 1897...

1897 1947

NEAR THIS SPOT

THE FIRST RADIO MESSAGES

WERE EXCHANGED ACROSS WATER

BY

GUGLIELMO MARCONI

AND

GEORGE KEMP

BETWEEN LAVERNOCK AND FLAT HOLM 11th MAY,

LAVERNOCK AND BREAN DOWN 18th MAY 1897

ERECTED BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF CARDIFF 1947

Submitted by: Alistair Wylie

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