Carsten Tank Nielsen - Dombås, NO
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haggaeus
N 62° 04.498 E 009° 07.541
32V E 506567 N 6882538
A memorial to 19th century Norwegian pioneer of telegraphy and telephony near Dombås church.
Waymark Code: WMF8K0
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Date Posted: 09/10/2012
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Carsten Tank Nielsen (1818–1892) was a navy officer and the first director of the Norwegian Telegraph Office. In 1850s he led the works on building the country's first cable telegraph network.
His memorial in Dombås is a tall stone with a bronze portait standing on a lawn near the local church. There is an inscription in Norwegian:
Telegrafdirektor Carsten Tank Nielsen
* 1818 + 1892
Det norske telegrafvaesens grundlaegger
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