Volume containing notes on Admiralty 'X' and 'B' Type wireless stations with inventories and maps and plans
MSS. Marconi 337-339
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Volume containing notes on Admiralty 'X' and 'B' Type wireless stations with inventories and maps and plans
Shelfmark
MSS. Marconi 337-339
Summary
(MS. Marconi 337) Volume containing notes on Admiralty 'X' and 'B' Type wireless statations, comprises notes relating to the selection of sites and the construction, equipping and staffing of stations, c. 1916
(MS. Marconi 338) Inventories of Admiralty wireless stations, 1917-18, for:
North Lowestoft Station, Dec 1917, Dec 1918
York Station, Dec 1917, Dec 1918
St. Nicholas-at-Wade (Birchington) Station, near Thanet, Jan 1918, Dec 1918
Flamborough Head Station, Jan-Feb 1918
Together with Round's inventory of stock at head office and on loan to Ediswan, Dec 1917.
(MS. Marconi 339) Maps and plans, 1915-16, comprises:
Plans of receiving house for Navy 'B' stations, 1915
Plans of hut for quarters for crew at Sandwich Wireless Telegraph Station, 1916
Map of NE France and part of Belgium, with Army positions noted, c. 1916
Date
1915-8
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box
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Collection contents
Papers relating to Marconi and the development of wireless telegraphy
War
World War 1: Admiralty wireless stations in Britain
Volume containing notes on Admiralty 'X' and 'B' Type wireless stations with inventories and maps and plans
