VA-E62 Old Telegraph Line

Marker text: OLD TELEGRAPH LINE

One of the first telegraph lines in the world, a part of the Washington-New Orleans telegraph company, was built from Washington to Petersburg in 1847. From this the road took its name.

Conservation & Development Commission, 1929

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Location: US 1 (northbound) at Telegraph Road., Fairfax County, Virginia

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