Cabot Tower was built in 1897 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of John Cabot's discovery of Newfoundland, and Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. It is located on top of Signal Hill overlooking the city of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. In 1901, Guglielmo Marconi received the first trans-Atlantic wireless message at a position near the tower, the letter "S" in Morse Code sent from Poldhu, Cornwall, United Kingdom. The tower is now the centerpiece of the Signal Hill National Historic Park.
Note that there is another Cabot Tower built at the same time and for the same purpose, located in Bristol, England - the port and point of origin of John Cabot's voyage to Newfoundland on the Matthew. #Cabot_Tower #Newfoundland_and_Labrador #StJohns
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