Photos of the Telegraph Museum in Morristown

The First Demo of the Telegraph was in this Building

Discover the “Birthplace of the Telegraph” and Morristown’s unique role in the Industrial Revolution. The buildings and landscape at this historic site capture the flavor of life in the mid-19th Century. The site preserves the remarkable industrial legacy of Stephen Vail, proprietor of Speedwell Iron Works. Within the Factory Building, now a National Historic Landmark, Stephen Vail’s son, Alfred, and Samuel F.B. Morse, perfected the electro-magnetic telegraph and sent the first telegraphed message in 1838.