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Radio Tower or Espionage Center? "WSC Calling?" at the Ocean County Library Waretown Branch

originally published: 12/21/2024

(WARETOWN, NJ) -- The Tuckerton Wireless was a communications marvel at its inception in 1912. But it soon plunged the Jersey Shore into a web of international intrigue. Join historian Jeffrey Brown for "WSC Calling? The Tuckerton Wireless" at the Ocean County Library Waretown Branch on Saturday, January 18, 2025. The event begins at 12:00pm.

Its imposing tower, sending signals to a corresponding tower in Germany and Atlantic marine traffic, bore no scrutiny until World War I. Suspicions of espionage prompted its takeover by the U.S. government. From that point on, the Tuckerton Wireless became a lightning rod of controversy, war and shipwrecks until its demise in 1955.

Southern Regional High School Social Studies teacher Jeffrey Brown brings history to life with detailed and down-to-earth historical presentations of eras from the Civil War to the Cold War and beyond.

Please register at https://tinyurl.com/OclWSC for this free program. For more information, stop by the OCL Waretown Branch, 112 Main Street or call (609) 693-5133. See the full schedule of Library programs in the online Calendar of Events.

Photos Courtesy of Tuckerton Historical Society




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