• Source: Telegraph Hill

      • A telegraph hill is a hill or other natural elevation that is chosen as part of an optical telegraph system.
      Telegraph Hill may also refer to:


      England


      A high point in the Haldon Hills, Devon
      Telegraph Hill, Dorset, a hill in the Dorset Downs
      A hill in the Chalk Downs of Hamphire
      Telegraph Hill, Hertfordshire, a nature reserve
      Telegraph Hill (ward), an electoral ward in Lewisham, London
      Telegraph Hill, Barnet, in Childs Hill, a ward of the London Borough of Barnet
      Telegraph Hill, Lewisham, a conservation area in London
      Telegraph Hill in Claygate, a suburban village in Surrey
      Telegraph Hill, Sussex, a hill of West Sussex


      United States


      Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, a toponym and neighborhood in San Francisco, California
      Telegraph Hill (Dukes County, Massachusetts), an elevation in Massachusetts
      Telegraph Hill (Hull, Massachusetts), a historic site in Plymouth County
      Telegraph Hill (Provincetown, Massachusetts), an elevation in Barnstable County
      Telegraph Hill (Sandwich, Massachusetts), an elevation in Barnstable County
      Telegraph Hill (Woods Hole, Massachusetts), an elevation in Barnstable County
      Telegraph Hill in Dorchester Heights, South Boston, Massachusetts

    • Source: Telegraph hill

      • A telegraph hill is a hill or other natural elevation that was formerly the site of a telegraph station. From the end of the 18th century, these stations were used to send optical signals using semaphores, warning of imminent danger or passing on other significant news.
      It was chosen as part of an optical telegraph system because of the relatively great distance between it and at least one other point, which it may observe or be observed from. In the 18th and 19th centuries, such points were in some cases in permanent use for commerce and public administration, and in others, identified in advance of need or as need arose, especially for command and control in military operations.


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