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Poldhu

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Poldhu (pôldy`, pôl`dy), town, Cornwall, SW England. Guglielmo Marconi Marconi, Guglielmo, Marchese , 1874–1937, Italian physicist, celebrated for his development of wireless telegraphy (see radio). In the field of electromagnetic waves he correlated and improved inventions of H. R.
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 sent the first transatlantic radio transmission (1901) from Poldhu to Newfoundland.


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Unclassified roads through Poldhu and Cury lead back to the B3083 and on to Helston (18) where legend has it that Sir Bedivere threw King Arthur's sword Excalibur into pretty lake The Loe.
42 Marconi sent the first transatlantic ft radio message in 1901 from Poldhu - in which English county?
pounds 208,000 CORNWALL: Ang- rouse Cottage at Mullion is a few minutes' walk to the beach at Poldhu Cove, and would make the perfect holiday home.
 
 
 
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