Cuerpo de Telegrafos: First Attempts to Create a Professional Body for Electrical Communications in Spain

Author

Yuste, A.P. ; Sanjuan, O.P.

Author_Institution

Dep. of Commun. & Video & Audio Eng., Tech. Univ. of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

fYear

2009

fDate

5-7 Aug. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

The Body of Telegraphists ("Cuerpo de Telegrafos", in Spanish) was established in Spain in 1856 in order to operate the electric telegraph service and later to develop a national-wide telegraph network. The origins of this professional body and the way it was formed with people from the optical telegraphy field of activity will be described. It will also be explained how these people were educated in techniques and methods related to electrical telegraphy. In addition, it will be described how the creation of the Body of Telegraphists caused a conflict with the Body of Civil Engineers, which was the responsible for the development of the optical telegraph network.

Keywords

telegraphy; Body of Telegraphists; electric telegraph service; electrical communications; national-wide telegraph network; optical telegraph network; Civil engineering; Educational institutions; Finishing; Government; History; Intelligent networks; National security; Optical fiber networks; Qualifications; Telegraphy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

History of Technical Societies, 2009 IEEE Conference on the

Conference_Location

Philadelphia, PA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5119-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HTS.2009.5337854

Filename

5337854