From the top floor of this buildingwas sent on June 3, 1880over a beam of light to 1325 L Street, the first wireless telephone message in the history of the world.The apparatus used in sending the...
First World SeriesIn October 1903, National League champion Pittsburgh played American League champion Boston in major league baseball’s first modern World Series. Boston won the best-of-9 series,...
The Old Slater Mill The Birthplace of the Cotton Manufacturing Industry in America Here in 1793, Samuel Slater, Moses Brown and William Almy Established the First Successful Cotton Factory in the...
Frequent dangerous accidents on Jugtown Mountain led to the first installation here of the concrete road dividers, which later became famous and are now also in use to defend against...