Record#
EV ID |
EV-0011 |
Title |
Press cutting: “Wireless Telegraphy. Marconi Invention Tested at Lavernock” |
Date of document |
15 May 1897 (identified 19 Oct 2026 as the Evening Express, Extra Special edition, p.4; earlier catalogued as “May 1897” because no date or publication is printed on the clipping) |
Type |
press |
Evidence label |
PRESS REPORT |
Repository / reference |
Identified 19 Oct 2026 (Tab, Welsh Newspapers Online search): Evening Express, 15 May 1897, p.4 (article). The same report appears in the Western Mail, 15 May 1897, p.6 (article) and the Weekly Mail, 22 May 1897, p.8 (article). Status: VERIFIED (public online copy; OCR text matches the cutting word for word). Cutting image file 2026-02-07_consortium-formal_notice_bpvsbuckler__en_v0-0-1_003.jpg held in datro repository (wayback images folder), pinned commit 2e514c59; Custodian: Buckler family evidence repository. |
Status |
HELD — open the scan (image) |
Provenance |
Held in Buckler family evidence repository; Image in datro repository at pinned commit 2e514c59; Transcript on Press Archive page (N02); Newspaper: Evening Express, 15 May 1897, p.4 (same text in the Western Mail, 15 May 1897, p.6). |
Wiki catalogue page |
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Claims that rely on this |
FOI & Public-Authority Reply Register — every reply email and its attachments, Media Gallery, National Library of Wales — Forensic Assessment, Post Office Limited — Forensic Assessment, Press Archive — Newspaper Transcripts, Press Articles Index — every newspaper cutting and press extract, one page each, Welsh Office / Wales Office — Forensic Assessment |
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Image: 1897-05-15_wp1195_press-cutting-wireless-telegraphy-marconi-inventio.jpg
Quotation: “For the purposes of the experiments, Mr. Williams (of the engineering department, Cardiff) fixed upon Lavernock Point a pole 120 feet high, with a zinc cylinder at the summit, 5ft. 6in. by 4ft., insulated from the Flat Holm and Brean Down.”
Proves: Contemporary report of Marconi wireless telegraphy trials between Lavernock Point and Flat Holm, witnessed by Post Office officials Preece, Gavey and Fardo, with Mr Williams erecting the 120-foot pole.
Link to Great House: evidence being added.
File stored in the wayback archive: EV-0011 in the artifact index.