May 4, 08 - During CCECE 2008
Alexander Graham Bell's first distant speech transmission in Paris, Ontario was
recognized as a historic technological electrical engineering achievement and an
IEEE milestone.
The citation on the plaque is:
First Distant Speech Transmission
in Canada, 1876 On 10 August 1876, Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated on this
site that the human voice could be transmitted electrically over distance.
While family members spoke into a
transmitter in Brantford, 13 km away, Bell was able to hear them at a receiver
located here. This test convinced Bell that the invention could be used for
communication between towns and could compete successfully with the telegraph.
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Pictures by Chris Maryan
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The ceremony was a big success
with somewhere in the area of 35 people attending. The local MP, MPP and mayor
were present, along with various people from the IEEE and a few locals. It was
very well received by the town.
The IEEE (formerly the) began the Milestones program in 1983
to honour technological innovation and excellence in electrical, electronic, and
computer engineering. To be approved for this award, a project must be at least
twenty-five years old, must have involved a unique solution to an engineering
problem, and must have had a regional impact. There are currently more than
100 Milestones around the world, over ten of which are in Canada. This will
be Manitoba’s second Milestone; in 2005, the
Nelson River HVDC transmission system was also recognized.
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the webmaster at webmaster@ieee.ca
