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Sign: London - the place where the first television broadcast was held in Great Britain


Address:
1 Upper St Martin’s Ln, London WC2H 9NY, UK
Category:
Monuments and History
City:
London For all manhole covers in London
Country:
United Kingdom For all manhole covers in United Kingdom
Shape:
Circle
Material:
Metal
Placement:
Wall or fence


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On the sign:
CITY TAVERNS COLLECTION

THE LONG ACRE
COVENT GARDEN
At No. 132, John Logie Baird made the first British television broadcast
In 1929
Photography:
2023
Eli Zvuluny
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Comments:
The place where John Logie Baird (1888-1946) conducted the BBC’s first experimental broadcast.
Baird was a Scottish engineer and inventor of television, and the one who invented color television.

The house was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

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