WASHINGTON, May 24, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following
is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census
Bureau:
THE FIRST WEB
Profile America — Sunday, May 24th. In a way, today
marks the 171st birthday of the World Wide Web. Only it was
electro-mechanical, not digital. On this date in 1844, Samuel F.B. Morse activated the first telegraph
line, sending a dots-and-dashes code message from the U.S. Capitol
building to a receiver in Baltimore. The ability of the telegraph to
communicate quickly over long distances of land made it an
immediate success. By the late 1850s, the first telegraph cable had
been laid across the Atlantic Ocean, and in 1861, the telegraph
spanned the continental United
States. Over the ensuing decades, the wires wrapped around
the world. From the 1844 demonstration, telecommunications today as
grown into a $547 billion a year
industry, and employs more than 1.1 million workers in over 50,000
industry establishments. Profile America is beginning its
19th year as a public service of the U.S. Census Bureau.
Sources: Kane's Famous First Facts, 7692
Demonstration and development:
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/reform/jb_reform_morsecod_1.html
Transatlantic cable:
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/reform/jb_reform_morsecod_1.html
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/pdf/2012_econ_advance_report.pdf
Telecommunications revenue, employees and establishments/NAICS 517:
http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ECN_2012_US_00A1&prodType=table
Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media
and Promotions of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are
available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at
http://www.census.gov (look for "Multimedia Gallery" by the
"Newsroom" button).
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