CABOT TOWER ST JOHN'S

CABOT TOWER,

ST JOHN'S NEWFOUNDLAND.

BUILT IN 1897 TO COMMEMORATE THE 400th ANNIVERSARY OF JOHN CABOT'S

DISCOVERY OF NEWFOUNDLAND.

IN 1901, CLOSE TO THE TOWER, GUGLIELMO MARCONI RECEIVED THE FIRST TRANS-ATLANTIC WIRELESS MESSAGE SENT FROM

POLDHU, CORNWALL, ENGLAND.