| 词条 | Admiralty House, Mount Pearl |
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|name = Admiralty House Museum & Archives |image = |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. External links
AffiliationsThe Museum is affiliated with: CMA, CHIN, and Virtual Museum of Canada. References1. ^{{ cite web | url=http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id%3D2019%26pid%3D0 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305045212/http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=2019 |archivedate=2016-03-05 | title=Admiralty House Museum and Archives | publisher= www.historicplaces.ca | date=2004-12-15 | accessdate=10 June 2013}} {{Newfoundland-struct-stub}}{{Canada-museum-stub}}2. ^[https://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/plan-and-book/attractions/210061] 10 : History museums in Canada|Museums in Newfoundland and Labrador|National Historic Sites in Newfoundland and Labrador|Mount Pearl|World War I sites in Canada|Telegraph stations|Technology museums in Canada|Royal Navy in World War I|Newfoundland in World War I|Buildings and structures completed in 1915 |
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