Federal Telegraph Company
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The Federal Telegraph Company was a United States
communications company that played a pivotal role in the 20th century in the development of radio
communications. Founded in Palo Alto, California
in 1909, it would eventually merge in August 1927 with the Mackay Companies
. It remained a separate entity within the Mackay Companies, however, and when International Telephone and Telegraph purchased the Mackay Companies in 1928 Federal remained a component of the Mackay structure as a manufacturing entity. In 1940, Sosthenes Behn
moved Federal Telegraph under International Telephone and Telegraph directly so that its manufacturing capabilities could help ITT replace those in Europe that had been shut down because of the war and the Fall of France.
United States
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communications company that played a pivotal role in the 20th century in the development of radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
communications. Founded in Palo Alto, California
Palo Alto, California
Palo Alto is a California charter city located in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, United States. The city shares its borders with East Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Stanford, Portola Valley, and Menlo Park. It is...
in 1909, it would eventually merge in August 1927 with the Mackay Companies
John William Mackay
John William Mackay was an American capitalist, born in Dublin, Ireland.-Early years:His parents brought him in 1840 to New York City, where he worked in a shipyard.-Gold and silver mining:...
. It remained a separate entity within the Mackay Companies, however, and when International Telephone and Telegraph purchased the Mackay Companies in 1928 Federal remained a component of the Mackay structure as a manufacturing entity. In 1940, Sosthenes Behn
Sosthenes Behn
Sosthenes Behn was an American businessman widely known for founding ITT. He held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army.Sosthenes Behn was born in the island of St. Thomas, then part of the Danish West Indies...
moved Federal Telegraph under International Telephone and Telegraph directly so that its manufacturing capabilities could help ITT replace those in Europe that had been shut down because of the war and the Fall of France.