Admiralty House, Mount Pearl

Admiralty House Museum & Archives
Established 1997
Location 365 Old Placentia Road, Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador
Type Communications Museum
Website http://www.admiraltymuseum.ca/

Admiralty House is located in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland.[1] It was proposed in 1914 for the British Admiralty as a World War I communications post. It was constructed in 1915 by the Macroni Telegraph Company to serve the British Navy.[2] This station, is now the last standing of 11 identical stations around the world. It was built to intercept secret German naval transmissions, track icebergs and track ships in distress. Today, it houses a museum, with exhibits on the history of Mount Pearl, Guglielmo Marconi and wireless communications, the wreck of SS Florizel, and HMS Calypso (later HMS Briton), a training ship for the Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve before and during World War I. The museum also house several collections and fonds detailing life in early 20th Century Canada. These include photos and documents from both World Wars.

Coordinates: 47°30′17.12″N 52°47′41.03″W / 47.5047556°N 52.7947306°W / 47.5047556; -52.7947306

Affiliations

The Museum is affiliated with: CMA, CHIN, and Virtual Museum of Canada.

References

  1. ↑ "Admiralty House Museum and Archives". www.historicplaces.ca. 2004-12-15. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
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