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Sign: London - the house where John Logie Baird made his first experiments


Address:
8 West St, London WC2H 9NG, UK
Category:
Monuments and History
City:
London For all manhole covers in London
Country:
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Shape:
Other
Material:
Metal
Placement:
Wall or fence
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On the sign:
SEVEN DIALS TRUST

JOHN LOGIE BAIRD

(1888-1946)

Conducted his first experimental television transmissions from this site
1926-1928
Photography:
2023
Eli Zvuluny
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Comments:
Baird was a Scottish engineer and inventor of television, and the one who invented color television.

The place was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

Another sign is found at the place where the first TV broadcast in Britain was made by the same inventor Click for sign's details

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