On the Cover – August 2021
Aug 01, 2021
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ignal Hill, overlooking St. John’s, Newfoundland, has played a major role in the city’s history for over 250 years. According to the Historic anniversary of John Cabot’s first landing in Newfoundland and Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. Just four years later, Guglielmo Marconi used the site to launch a 500-foot-long antenna on a kite and receive the first transatlantic radio signal (see accompanying article for more on that). The tower has also served as a lookout post keeping watch over St. John’s and its harbor. It was refurbished in 1992.
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