2022

TM4656 : Monarch House, Aldeburgh

taken 2 years ago, near to Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England

Monarch House, Aldeburgh
Monarch House, Aldeburgh
This former telecommunications centre is now a block of flats.
It was a repeater station that connected the submarine telephone cables under the North Sea to the landline cables.
In 1922 that the first telephone cable was laid between Aldeburgh and Domburg in The Netherlands.
A blue plaque commemorates the historic importance of this building Link .

Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]   © Copyright Robin Drayton and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Housing, Dwellings Place: Aldeburgh
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Aldeburgh Houses [69] Other Photos: · Blue plaque on Monarch House, Aldeburgh ·
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TM4656, 714 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Robin Drayton   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 27 September, 2022   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 17 October, 2022
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TM 46430 56078 [1m precision]
WGS84: 52:8.8777N 1:36.0346E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TM 46424 56086
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