St John's - Cabot Tower

Cabot Tower was built in 1897 to mark the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of Newfoundland. It also now commemorates Guglielmo Marconi's reception here in 1901 of the first transatlantic radio telegraphy signal, transmitted over a distance of 2700 km (1700 mi.) from Poldhu in England. In the tower are exhibitions on the history of Signal Hill and the history of communications (with a special section on Marconi). From the top there is a panoramic view of the city and the coast as far as Cape Spear - the most easterly point of North America.