📞💬 第一条横贯美国大陆的电报线路于1861年10月24日建成，通过盐湖城（Salt Lake City）将美国东部的电报网络与加利福尼亚州的小型电报网络连接起来。在19世纪60年代，它是美国东西海岸之间唯一能够实现近乎即时通信的方式✨。#美国建国两个半世纪#

The first transcontinental telegraph (completed October 24, 1861) connected the telegraph network in the eastern United States to a small network in California, via a connecting point in Salt Lake City. This served as the only method of near-instantaneous communication between the east and west coasts during the 1860s. 📞💬

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