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Legend has it that Samual Morse's original
idea was to run the wires of his new
magnetic telegraph in a buried cast-iron
pipe. He obtained permission from the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to bury
the cable alongside their right-of-way
to run the first telegraph from
Baltimore, MD to Washington, DC.
Work proceeded until a spot was
reached where the roadbed fill was
still new. As a temporary means
until the fill had had time to
settle,
NEB&W Guide to Telegraph/Telephone Poles